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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1870-3453</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de biodiversidad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Mex. Biodiv.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3453</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Biología]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1870-34532022000100321</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/ib.20078706e.2022.93.4087</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Landscape analysis for the American crocodile Crocodylus acutus (Reptilia: Crocodilidae) in northwestern Costa Rica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Análisis de paisaje del cocodrilo americano Crocodylus acutus (Reptilia: Crocodilidae) en el noroeste de Costa Rica]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sandoval-Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Iván]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bolaños-Montero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Rafael]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sasa-Marín]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mahmood]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Monrós-González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Salvador]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Heredia Heredia]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Asociación de Profesionales en Crocodílidos  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Heredia Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica Escuela de Biología e Instituto Clodomiro Picado ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San José San Pedro]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universitat de València Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva Parque Científico]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Paterna Valencia]]></addr-line>
<country>Spain</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>93</volume>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-34532022000100321&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-34532022000100321&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-34532022000100321&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Northwest Costa Rica has the largest crocodile population in the country, but it is also an important area of the human population growth, tourism, crops, and aquaculture, that have generated great changes in the region. For these reasons, a landscape analysis for the American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus, was conducted to determine which landscape variables may benefit the reptile. The analysis included the Tempisque Great Wetlands (TGW) and the Central Pacific (CP). The TGW had a higher linear density of rivers and roads, and more extensive wetlands and flood zones, whereas the CP had a higher number of towns. Forest coverage was recovering in both regions, although the rate of recovery was different. The values of the fractal dimension (FD), the shape index (SI), the Shannon diversity index, and the equity index increased slightly in both zones, indicating that fragmentation is increasing in the study area. The average density of crocodiles was correlated with change in coverage per year (rs = 0.74) and with FD and SI (rs = 0.65 for both). In the CP, the density of crocodiles was also correlated with change in coverage per year (rs = 0.48) and with FD and SI (rs = 0.93 and 0.74, respectively).]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El noroeste de Costa Rica tiene la población de cocodrilos más grande del país, pero también es un área de crecimiento de población humana, turismo, cultivos y acuacultura, que han generado grandes cambios en la región. Realizamos un análisis del paisaje del cocodrilo americano, Crocodylus acutus, para determinar qué variables del paisaje pueden beneficiarlo; el análisis incluyó el Gran Humedal del Tempisque (GHT) y el Pacífico Central (PC). El GHT presentó mayor densidad ríos, caminos, humedales y zonas de inundación, mientras que el PC presentó mayor número de poblados. La cobertura forestal se ha recuperado en ambas regiones (la tasa de recuperación fue diferente). Los valores de la dimensión fractal (FD), el índice de forma (SI), y los índices de diversidad y equidad de Shannon aumentaron levemente en ambas zonas, indicando que la fragmentación está aumentando en el área de estudio. La densidad promedio de cocodrilos se correlacionó con el cambio en la cobertura por año (rs = 0.74), con la FD y SI (rs = 0.65 para ambos). En el PC, la densidad de cocodrilos se correlacionó con el cambio de cobertura por año (rs = 0.48) y con la FD y SI (rs = 0.93 y 0.74, respectivamente).]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Central Pacific]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Forest coverage]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Fragmentation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Human activities]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Tempisque Great Wetlands]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Pacífico central]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Cobertura forestal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Fragmentación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Actividades humanas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Gran Humedal del Tempisque]]></kwd>
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