artículo académico

• Biochemical characterization of the venom of Central American scorpion Didymocentrus krausi Francke, 1978 (Diplocentridae) and its toxic effects in vivo and in vitro.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology and Pharmacology.  217:54-67. 2019
• First look into the venom of Roatan Island's critically endangered coral snake Micrurus ruatanus: Proteomic characterization, toxicity, immunorecognition and neutralization by an antivenom.  Journal of Proteomics.  198:177-185. 2019
• New insights into the phylogeographic distribution of the 3FTx/PLA2 venom dichotomy across genus Micrurus in South America.  Journal of Proteomics.  200:90-101. 2019
• Proteomic profiling, functional characterization, and immunoneutralization of the venom of Porthidium porrasi, a pitviper endemic to Costa Rica.  Acta Tropica.  193:113-123. 2019
• Venom characterization of the bark scorpion Centruroides edwardsii (Gervais 1843): Composition, biochemical activities and in vivo toxicity for potential prey.  Toxicon.  171:7-19. 2019
• Proteomic studies on Micrurus (coral snakes) venom reveal a dichotomy of phenotypes.  Toxicon.  150:319-320. 2018
• Second generation antipsychotic-induced mitochondrial alterations: Implications for increased risk of metabolic syndrome in patients with schizophrenia.  European Neuropsychopharmacology.  28:369-380. 2018
• Venom gland transcriptomics and microRNA profiling of juvenile and adult yellow-bellied sea snake, Hydrophis platurus, from Playa del Coco (Guanacaste, Costa Rica).  Toxicon.  153:96-105. 2018
• Anthodiscus chocoensis Prance, especie forestal en peligro crítico de extinción en Costa Rica.  Protein and Peptide Letters.  16:53-69. 2017
• Assessing survival of wild-caught snakes in open venom production systems.  Toxicon.  138:49-52. 2017
• Detection of a synthetic sex steroid in the American crocodile ( Crocodylus acutus ): Evidence for a novel environmental androgen.  Chemosphere.  180:125-129. 2017
• Phylogeography of the Central American lancehead Bothrops asper (SERPENTES: VIPERIDAE).  PLoS ONE.  12:e0187969. 2017
• Proteomic analysis of venom variability and ontogeny across the arboreal palm-pitvipers (genus Bothriechis).  Journal of Proteomics.  152:1-12. 2017
• Screening for target toxins of the antiophidic protein DM64 through a gel-based interactomics approach.  Journal of Proteomics.  151:204-213. 2017
• A cryptic palm-pitviper species (Squamata: Viperidae: Bothriechis) from the Costa Rican highlands, with notes on the variation within B. nigroviridis .  Zootaxa.  4138:271-290. 2016
• Hydrology Affects Environmental and Spatial Structuring of Microalgal Metacommunities in Tropical Pacific Coast Wetlands.  PLoS ONE.  11:e0149505. 2016
• Methyltestosterone Alters Sex Determination in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis).  General and Comparative Endocrinology.  236:63-69. 2016
• Regional warming and the thermal regimes of American crocodile nests in the Tempisque Basin, Costa Rica.  Journal of Thermal Biology.  60:49-59. 2016
• Venoms of Micrurus coral snakes: Evolutionary trends in compositional patterns emerging from proteomic analyses.  Toxicon.  122:7-25. 2016
• Bites and envenomations by colubrid snakes in Mexico and Central America.  Journal of Toxicology - Toxin Reviews.  21:105-115. 2015
• Cohort-Dependent Sex Ratio Biases in the American Crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) of the Tempisque Basin.  Copeia.  103:541-545. 2015
• Combustibles forestales superficiales y riesgo de incendio en dos estadios de sucesión secundaria y bosques primarios en el Parque Nacional Palo Verde, Costa Rica.  Revista Forestal Mesoamericana Kurú.  12:29-45. 2015
• Multiple paths to aquatic specialisation in four species of Central American Anolis lizards.  Journal of Natural History.  49:1717-1730. 2015
• Seasonal wetlands in the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Nicaragua: Environmental characterisation and conservation state.  Limnetica.  34:1-16. 2015
• Snake venomics of Micrurus alleni and Micrurus mosquitensis from the Caribbean region of Costa Rica reveals two divergent compositional patterns in New World elapids.  Toxicon.  107:217-233. 2015
• Snakebites are associated with poverty, weather fluctuations, and El Niño.  Epidemiology.  1:e1500249. 2015
• Evidence of maternal provisioning of alkaloid-based chemical defenses in the strawberry poison frog Oophaga pumilio.  Ecology.  95:587-593. 2014
• Proteomic and functional profiling of the venom of Bothrops ayerbei from Cauca, Colombia, reveals striking interspecific variation with Bothrops asper venom.  Journal of Proteomics.  96:159-172. 2014
• Stick or grip? Co-evolution of adhesive toepads and claws in Anolis lizards.  Zoology.  117:363-369. 2014
• Two color morphs of the pelagic yellow-bellied sea snake, Pelamis platura, from different locations of Costa Rica: Snake venomics, toxicity, and neutralization by antivenom.  Journal of Proteomics.  103:137-152. 2014
• Venomous snakes of Costa Rica: Biological and medical implications of their venom proteomic profiles analyzed through the strategy of snake venomics.  Journal of Proteomics.  105:323-339. 2014
• Anfibios y reptiles de los pantanos dominados por la palma de yolillo Raphia taedigera (Arecaceae) en el noreste de Costa Rica.  Revista de Biología Tropical.  61:143-161. 2013
• Behavioral responses to snake cues by three species of Neotropical rodents.  Journal of Zoology.  292:142-150. 2013
• Distribución, superficie y área protegida de humedales dominados por pantanos de palmas (Arecaceae) en Costa Rica y Nicaragua. Distribution, surface and protected area of palm-swamps in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.  Revista de Biología Tropical.  61:25-33. 2013
• Effects of migratory status and habitat on the prevalence and intensity of infection by haemoparasites in passerines in eastern Spain.  Animal Biodiversity and Conservation.  36:113-121. 2013
• Integrated "omics" profiling indicates that miRNAs are modulators of the ontogenetic venom composition shift in the Central American rattlesnake, Crotalus simus simus.  BMC Genomics.  2013
• Using Geographical Information Systems to Identify Populations in Need of Improved Accessibility to Antivenom Treatment for Snakebite Envenoming in Costa Rica.  PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.  7. 2013
• Uso y conservación de humedales de yolillo Raphia taedigera(Arecaceae) en el Área de Conservación Tortuguero, Costa Rica.  Revista de Biología Tropical.  61:163-178. 2013
• Food resources influence spatial ecology, habitat selection, and foraging behavior in an ambush-hunting snake (Viperidae: Bothrops asper): an experimental study.  Zoology.  115:179-187. 2012
• Snake venomics across genus Lachesis. Ontogenetic changes in the venom composition of Lachesis stenophrys and comparative proteomics of the venoms of adult Lachesis melanocephala and Lachesis acrochorda.  Journal of Proteomics.  77:280-297. 2012
• Snake venomics of the pit vipers Porthidium nasutum, Porthidium ophryomegas, and Cerrophidion godmani from Costa Rica: Toxicological and taxonomical insights.  Journal of Proteomics.  75:1675-1689. 2012
• Land use and biodiversity congruences at local scale: Applications to conservation strategies.  Biodiversity and Conservation.  20:1287-1317. 2011
• Profiling the venom gland transcriptomes of costa rican snakes by 454 pyrosequencing.  BMC Genomics.  12. 2011
• Habitat Selection of the Terciopelo (Serpentes: Viperidae: Bothrops asper) in a Lowland Rainforest in Costa Rica.  Herpetologica.  66:148-158. 2010
• New Perspectives on the Ecology and Natural History of the Yellow-bellied Sea Snake ( Pelamis platurus ) in Costa Rica: Does Precipitation Influence Distribution?.  IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians.  17:68-72. 2010
• Reduced foraging in the presence of predator cues by the Black Spiny-tailed Iguana, Ctenosaura similis (Sauria: Iguanidae).  Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology.  9:109-119. 2010
• Activity Patterns of a Neotropical Ambush Predator: Spatial Ecology of the Fer‐de‐lance (Bothrops asper, Serpentes: Viperidae) in Costa Rica.  Biotropica.  41:241-249. 2009
• Natural history of the terciopelo Bothrops asper (Serpentes: Viperidae) in Costa Rica.  Toxicon.  54:904-922. 2009
• Phenotypic and molecular variation in the green and black poison-dart frog Dendrobates auratus (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from Costa Rica.  Revista de Biología Tropical.  57:313-321. 2009
• Phenotypic differences in a cryptic predator: Factors influencing morphological variation in the terciopelo Bothrops asper (Garman, 1884; Serpentes: Viperidae).  Toxicon.  54:923-937. 2009
• Studies on the venom proteome of Bothrops asper: Perspectives and applications.  Toxicon.  54:938-948. 2009
• Comparative phylogeography of pitvipers suggests a consensus of ancient Middle American highland biogeography.  Journal of Biogeography.  36:88-103. 2008
• Snake Venomics of the Lancehead Pitviper Bothrops asper: Geographic, Individual, and Ontogenetic Variations.  Journal of Proteome Research.  7:3556-3571. 2008
• Amphibian and reptile declines over 35 years at La Selva, Costa Rica.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  104:8352-8356. 2007
• Field observations of mating behavior in the neck-banded snake Scaphiodontophis annulatus (Serpentes: Colubridae).  Revista de Biología Tropical.  54:647-650. 2006
• Pan-African polyspecific antivenom produced by caprylic acid purification of horse IgG: An alternative to the antivenom crisis in Africa.  Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.  99:468-475. 2005
• A new species of hognose pitviper, genus Porthidium, from the southwestern Pacific of Costa Rica (Serpentes: Viperidae).  Revista de Biología Tropical.  51:797-804. 2003
• Snakebite envenomation in Costa Rica: a revision of incidence in the decade 1990–2000.  Toxicon.  41:19-22. 2003
• Morphological variation in the lancehead pitviper Bothrops asper (Garman) (Serpentes: Viperidae) from Middle America.  Revista de Biología Tropical.  50:259-271. 2002
• Dietary Analysis of Helmeted Basilisks, Corytophanes (Reptilia: Corytophanidae.  Southwestern Naturalist.  45:358-361. 2000
• Venom composition and diet of the cantil Agkistrodon bilineatus howardgloydi (Serpentes: Viperidae).  Southwestern Naturalist.  44:478-483. 1999
• Change in dietary saturated fat intake is correlated with change in mass of large low-density-lipoprotein particles in men.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  67:828-836. 1998