ORGANIZATION FOR TROPICAL STUDIES LIBRARY

LA SELVA BIBLIOGRAPHY – THESIS (Author alphabetical order – Up date March 3, 2009)

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39. Cardelús, C. L. 2002. Distribution and abundance of vascular epiphytes in tropical wet forests: a multi-scale approach. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Connecticut.

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44. Castillo Centeno, V. E. 1986. Factores ecológicos y de mercado de la reproducción de Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima y Kinosternon scorpioides (Testudines: Emydidae y Kinosternidae) en Costa Rica . Tesis de Licenciatura. Universidad de Costa Rica.

45. Castillo Núñez, M. 1999. Creación y validación de un mapa de cobertura vegetal, usando imágenes del satélite Landsat 5, en Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí. Tesis de Bachillerato. Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica.

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48. Chazdon, R. L. 1984. Ecophysiology and architecture of three rain forest understory palm species. Ph.D. Dissertation. Cornell University.

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51. Chun, Sara L. M. 2008. The utility of digital aerial surveys in censusing Dipteryx panamensis, the key food and nesting tree of the endangered great green macaw (Ara ambigua) in Costa Rica. Ph.D.Dissertation. Duke University.

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54. Corella Rodríguez, O. 2001. Elaboración de un mapa histórico del cambio de uso del suelo en la Estación Biológica La Selva, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí, Heredia. Tesis de Bachillerato. Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica.

55. Corrales Molina, L. F. 1986. Patrones espacio-temporales de la floración de especies de Heliconia en Costa Rica: la dinámica del polen y de explotación del néctar por colibríes. Tesis de Maestría. Universidad de Costa Rica.

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57. Cunningham, S. A. 1995. The reproductive ecology of Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana: a rain forest understory palm. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Connecticut.

58. Dauphin López, G. 2000. The Genus Ceratolejeunea Jack & Steph. (Hepaticae: Lejeuneaceae) in tropical America.[Ph.D. Dissertation] . Georg-August- Universität zu Göttingen.

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60. Delgado Hidalgo, G. 1997. Impacto de sistemas mixtos y de monocultivo de especies forestales nativas sobre las poblaciones de artrópodos del mantillo. Tesis de Licenciatura. Universidad de Costa Rica.

61. Deuth, D. A. 1980. The protection of Cassia fruticosa (Leguminosae) from herbivores by ants foraging at the foliar nectaries. M.A. Thesis. University of Colorado.

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62. DeWalt, S. J. 2003. The invasive tropical shrub Clidemia hirta (Melastomataceae) in its native and introduced ranges: Tests of hypotheses of invasion. Ph.D. Dissertation. The Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College.

63. Donnelly, M. A. 1987. Territoriality in the poison-dart frog Dendrobates pumilio (Anura: Dendrobatidae). Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Miami.

64. Drake, J. B. 2001. Estimation of tropical forest aboveground biomass using large-footprint lidar (Costa Rica). Ph. D. Dissertation. University of Maryland.

65. Drewe, K. E. 2003. Insectivore to frugivore: Ontogenetic changes in gut morphology and digestive enzyme activity in the characid fish Brycon guatemalensis from Costa Rican rain forest streams . M.Sc. Thesis. California State University at Fullerton.

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68. Dyer, L. A. 1994. Lepidopteran larval defenses against predators in tropical and temperate systems: the importance of diet breadth and chemistry. Ph.D. Dissertation. University Colorado.

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74. Ferris, J. S. 1997. Landscape analysis of a lowland tropical forest based on remotely sensed spectral reflectance and thermal response characteristics. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Georgia.

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79. Gallery, R. E. 2007. Seed banks, seed mortality, and the role of fungal communities in neotropical forests. Ph.D.Dissertation. University of Illinois.

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81. Gentry, A. H. 1969. Tabebuia (Bignoniaceae) in Central America. M.S. Thesis. University of Wisconsin.

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