Agroecosystems and their Influence in the Development of Behavioral Adaptation in Wild Animals: Generalities and an Example from Cartago Province, Costa Rica ; Los agroecosistemas y su influencia en el desarrollo de adaptaciones conductuales en los animales silvestres: generalidades y un ejemplo en la provincia de Cartago, Costa Rica

Farming has allowed the development of communities like Sabanillas in Jiménez Municipality, in Cartago province. However, this activity has also brought the expansion of the farming border and the subsequent habitat reduction for wild animals in the region. Those animals that were not displaced have changed their behaviors to survive by using the resources in this new environment, favoring the development of behavioral adaptations in these species, and contributing to the establishment of agroecosystems. Nonetheless, farming border expansion can be bad for predator species that tend to move a... Mehr ...