The conservation status of Costa Rican velvet worms (Onychophora): geographic pattern, risk assessment and comparison with New Zealand velvet worms

The conservation status of Costa Rican velvet worms (Onychophora): geographic pattern, risk assessment and comparison with New Zealand velvet worms

Introduction: Charismatic species, like the panda, play an important role in conservation, and velvet worms arguably are charismatic worms.  Thanks to their extraordinary hunting mechanism, they have inspired from a female metal band in Japan, to origami worms in Russia and video game monsters in th...

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Main Authors: Bernal Morera-Brenes, Julián Monge Nájera, Paola Carrera Mora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED) 2019-07-01
Series:Cuadernos de investigación UNED
Subjects:
Peripatidae
conservation status
survival
urban populations
threatened species.
Online Access:https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/2262

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