Central American Biodiversity

Front Matter

A Short Introduction to Tropical Land- and Seascapes and Their Wildlife Conservation Management

• Falk Huettmann, Moritz S. Schmid

If Leaders Like Alexander Von Humboldt, Ronald Reagan, and Xi Jinping Would Have Been Environmental Justice Radicals Using Public Internet and Drones: A Short Political Ecology of Central America with Regard to Global Agenda Setting in 2014

• Falk Huettmann

Bird Conservation Status and Meaningful Socioeconomic Correlates in Central America: Results from an Open Access Data-Mining Approach for Parrots Using Machine Learning Indicate Serious Economic Problems

• Cynthia Resendiz-Infante, Falk Huettmann

Reversed Kuznets Curves in the Caribbean: Linking Marine Biodiversity Endangerment with the National Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Assessed with Human Metrics (Life Expectancy, Infant Mortality, Population Growth Rate)

• Falk Huettmann

An Oceanography Conservation View of Central America: Caribbean Wealth, Pacific Wilderness, Plunder and Mismanagement Meets Seafloor Mining, Deep-Sea Drilling, Climate Change, and Human Population Explosion in the EEZs and Beyond

• Falk Huettmann

Coral Reefs of Central America, Dimethylsulphide Seascapes, Open Access Data, GIS, and Machine Learning Predictions: Another Application of the New Megascience for Global Sustainability

• Falk Huettmann

Field Schools and Research Stations in a Global Context: La Suerte (Costa Rica) and Ometepe (Nicaragua) in a Wider Perspective

• Falk Huettmann

A Brief History of the Molina Family, and the Birth of Maderas Rainforest Conservancy at the La Suerte and Ometepe Field Stations—A Narrative

• Renee Molina

Teaching (Tropical) Biodiversity with International Field Schools: A Flexible Success Model in a Time of “Wireless” Globalization

• Falk Huettmann

A Documented Plant and Tree Species Narrative of La Suerte (Costa Rica) and Ometepe (Nicaragua): Overcoming Ancient Taxonomy Demons for a More Relevant and Valid Conservation Research Effort in the Tropics

• Falk Huettmann

The Incredible World of Insects in Central America: A Virtual Interview with Prof. Dr. Bugs at La Suerte (Costa Rica) and Ometepe (Nicaragua)

• Falk Huettmann

Amphibians and Reptiles at the Ometepe and La Suerte Field Sites: Toward an Overview of the Evolution, Diversity, and Natural History of Central America’s Herpetofauna

• Mark Spangler

Exciting Findings and Insights from the Caiman Study at La Suerte: First Lessons from the Scientific Frontline

• Peter Skylstad, Falk Huettmann

Conservation of a Neotropical Herpetofauna: An Introduction to the Crisis of Amphibians and Reptiles in Central America and Beyond

• Mark Spangler

Mammalian Biodiversity Conservation at Two Biological Stations in Nicaragua and Costa Rica

• Andrew P. Baltensperger, Casey L. Brown

On the Relevance and Moral Impediment of Digital Data Management, Data Sharing, and Public Open Access and Open Source Code in (Tropical) Research: The Rio Convention Revisited Towards Mega Science and Best Professional Research Practices

• Falk Huettmann

Conservation Research in the Cloud Forest of Central America with Lessons from Maderas Volcano, Ometepe, Nicaragua: A First-Person Narrative About Very Tough Fieldwork, Unfinished Data, and Climate Justice While Running Out of Time

• Falk Huettmann

GRID Sampling for a Global Rapid Biodiversity Assessment: Methods, Applications, Results, and Lessons Learned

• Dirk Nemitz, Falk Huettmann

Birds of Ometepe (Nicaragua) and La Suerte (Costa Rica): From a Narrative and Species Lists Over Species Richness and Bird Photo Documentations to a Central American Conservation Ornithology

• Falk Huettmann