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Costa Rican seasonal moist forests
Three wattled bellbird, found in the ecoregion. Source: Ryan Kozie
The Costa Rican seasonal moist forests ecoregion is quite different from the surrounding dry and moist forest habitat types. Deciduous trees that shed leaves during the distinct dry season make up the dominant vegetation in these forests. The ecoregion fauna have a moderate species richness, with the number of vertebrates occurring here amounting to 698 taxa; however, faunal endemism is rather low. The flora are more adapted and capable of surviving in such a seasonally based ecoregion. Animals also are adapted to this fluctuation between wet and dry climate changes, and the subsequent changes in the plantlife.
The natural environment of this ecoregion has been substantially destroyed, chiefly by deforestation by the Costa Rican and Nicaraguan people, to clear land for grazing of livestock and other agricultural uses. Disruption to the Nicaragua portion of the ecoregion has also been aggravated by rebel warfare during the latter part of the twentieth century, sponsored by Cuban and Soviet intervention and arms supplies beginning in 1979.
Location and general depiction
This relatively small ecoregion lies on the Pacific Ocean versant, spanning the borders of northwestern Costa Rica and Nicaragua, between the crests of Costa Rica's central chain of volcanoes on the east and the Pacific Ocean on the west. The rainshadow created by Tilaran Mountain Range gives this ecoregion's climate significant seasonal variability. For about five months, usually November through March, the nearly incessant easterly tradewinds bring moisture-laden air from the Caribbean Sea that is trapped on Central America's Atlantic slope by the tops of the mountains, depriving the Pacific side of the Isthmus precipitation. During the rest of the year, the tradewinds are absent or substituted by reversed movements of air created by low pressures from hurricanes in the Caribbean Sea, and orographic uplift and resultant cooling of air from the Pacific Ocean inundates the area with heavy rainfall. Approximately 225 millimetres (mm) fall monthly during this time of year. Often referred to as the wet season, it comprises around ninety percent of the 1500 mm of annual precipitation.
The deciduous vegetation here distinguishes this ecoregion from wetter ecoregions to the south and east and quickly increases in dominance as one moves west from the cloud forest habitat of the mountain peaks. During the dry season, most canopy trees are leafless; moreover, at lower elevations only the riparian forests are evergreen.
Biodiversity features
The flora of this seasonal moist forest ecoregion exhibits extremely high beta diversity, which is to say its species composition changes rapidly over short distances as one moves away from the adjacent highland cloud forests, down the mountains into areas increasingly impacted by the rainshadow. The colonizing human population preferred this ecoregion's more arid climate and largely converted it to an agricultural landscape as long as 80 to 110 years ago. Thus, in the absence of protected areas, or even large intact blocks of habitat, taxonomists have poorly researched the area.
Perhaps the most outstanding characteristics of these Pacific versant habitats is their tight ecological linkage to the wetter habitats of the adjacent mountain tops and Atlantic slopes. Many species of invertebrates and birds migrate seasonally between these habitats. Some of the most charismatic cloud forest species such as the Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomacrus mocinno) and Three-wattled Bellbird (Procnias tricarunculata) are equally dependent on the seasonal moist forests as they migrate annually to these moist forests at the completion of their breeding season. These birds apparently migrate into the moist forests to take advantage of delayed fruiting cycles of tree species, predominately of the Lauraceae family, that are endemic to the ecoregion.
There are diverse plant taxa within this ecoregion. One of these is the spiny cedar, or pochote, which is readily distinguished by sharp, conical spines emanating from the bark; its white shaving brush flowers are pollinated nocturnally by various bat taxa. There are numerous special status taxa that are found in the Costa Rican seasonal moist forests ecoregion, denoted variously as Near Threatened (NT), Vulnerable (VU), Endangered (EN), or Critically Endangered (CR).
Mammalian fauna found in this ecoregion include: Central American Montane Squirrel (Syntheosciurus brochus NT); Variegated Squirrel (Sciurus variegatoides), Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata); White-throated Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capucinus); Central American Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi EN); Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata); White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica); and the Jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi).
Degenhardt's Scorpion-eating Snake. Source: Alex Shepack/ EoL Reptiles
A number of reptilian species are found in the ecoregion, including; Degenhardt's Scorpion-eating Snake (Stenorrhina degenhardtii); Godman's Montane Pit Viper (Cerrophidion godmani); Oxacan Spiny-tail Iguana (Ctenosaura quinquecariniata EN), who prefers rocky terrain and is found only in the Pacific versant of Costa Rica and Nicaragua; and the Yellow-headed Gecko (Gonatodes albogularis).
A number of amphibians are found in the Costa Rican seasonal moist forests ecoregion. Salamanders present include the Costa Rican Worm Salamander (Oedipina uniformis); Alvarado's Salamander (Bolitoglossa alvaradoi EN); and LaPalma Salamander (Bolitoglossa subpalmata EN). A caecilian found in the ecoregion is the Mexican Caecilian (Dermophis mexicanus VU). There are a number of anuran taxa found in the ecoregion, including the Yellow Toad (Incilius luetkenii).
Ecological status
Massive conversion of forest to agriculture has severely degraded this ecoregion in northern Costa Rica. Source: C.Michael Hogan The Costa Rican seasonally moist forests have been extensively altered by human intervention. Lowland areas have been cleared for cattle, while mountain slopes, regardless of their steepness, have been cleared to grow beans, corn, coffee, as well as to support dairy cattle; most of Costa Rica's population and a significant portion of Nicaragua's lives within this ecoregion. During the past 100 years, virtually the entire ecoregion has been stripped of its native vegetation, with only small forest fragments remaining, totaling less than ten percent of the ecoregion's original forest cover. Additional destruction occurred in Nicaragua in the latter twentieth century, when armed conflict began between Cuban backed Sandanista rebels and the government.
The lack of lower and middle-elevation Pacific Slope forests threatens both the species that reside in these habitats and the altitudinal migrants the breed in the neighbouring highlands. The small protected areas in the ecoregion total less than 30,000 hectares, or approximately three percent of the ecoregion. In addition, this ecoregion is considered one of the least represented by National Parks within all of Mesoamerica.
Ecological threat profile
Parque National Rincon de la Vieja, Costa Rica. Source: John Morrison
Since the start of the twenty-first century, there has been some regeneration of lower-elevation hillsides, following the collapse of Costa Rica's cattle industry due to rising labour costs and decreasing yields after soils became exhausted from annual burning, overgrazing, and resulting erosion. However, above 800 metres, the situation remains critical as a growing human population puts ever-increasing demands for living space and agricultural products that thrive in the moderate mid-elevation climate.
Justification of ecoregion delineation
These transitional forests mark a unique and graded ecotone between the moist forests and dry forests of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, and host endemic species as well as maintain unique processes such as elevational migrations of many species. This region is distinct from surrounding areas in both floral and faunal distributions. Delineation for the ecoregion is derived chiefly from Holdridge and Tosi to encompass the "humid tropical forest" life zones of the Pacific versant of northern Costa Rica and southern Nicaragua. On the Nicoya Peninsula and along the slopes of the Cordillera Central, small aggregates of "very humid tropical forest" life zones were lumped for broader scale coverage. As well, this ecoregion was separated from the Caribbean slope portions of these same life zones on the basis of species distributions. Isla Ometelepe was on Lake Nicaragua and the volcanic mountains around the northern portion of the lake were also included due to species similarities. Portions of similar habitat south of the Central Valley of Costa Rica were not included on the basis of distinct floral and faunal distributions.
Further reading
- E. Coen. 1983. Climate. In D. H. Janzen, editor, Costa Rican Natural History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0226393321
- W. A. Haber. 2000. Personal communication.
- L. R. Holdridge. 1962. Mapa ecólogico de Nicaragua. Agencia para el Desarrollo Internacional de Gobierno de los Estados Unidos de America, Managua, Nicarauga.
- L. R. Holdridge. 1967. Life zone ecology. Tropical Science Center, San Jose, Costa Rica.
- Andres Oppenheimer. 1993. Castro'S Final Hour. Simon and Schuster. 474 pages
- S. Palminteri. 2000. Personal observation.
- G.V.N. Powell. 2000. Personal communication.
- Powell, G. V. N., and R. D. Bjork. 1994. Implications of altitudinal migration for conservation strategies to protect tropical biodiversity: a case study of the Resplendent Quetzal Pharomacrus mocinno at Monteverde, Costa Rica. Bird Conservation International (4).
- F.G. Stiles and A. F. Skutch. 1989. A guide to the birds of Costa Rica. New York: Cornell University Press. ISBN: 0713635126
- J.A. Tosi Jr. 1969. Republica de Costa Rica: mapa ecológico. Map 1:750,000. Tropical Science Center, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Disclaimer: This article contains some information that was originally published by the World Wildlife Fund. Topic editors and authors for the Encyclopedia of Earth have edited its content and added new information. The use of information from the World Wildlife Fund should not be construed as support for or endorsement by that organization for any new information added by EoE personnel, or for any editing of the original content.


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- Lauren said...
Fantastic! Like if Cruella de Vil had a good sister ;)
- August 19, 2011 at 12:20 PM
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- August 19, 2011 at 11:06 PM
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- August 20, 2011 at 5:38 PM
- The Style Book said...
Fantastic, So elegant. I hope I can look that stylish when I'm older :)
- August 20, 2011 at 5:40 PM
- Forest City Fashionista said...
She is so chic! I'm so into two-tone hair, and am looking forward to the day when i can do black and white.
- August 20, 2011 at 7:13 PM
- One Chic Dame said...
Oh her hair! So Cruella chic.
- August 20, 2011 at 9:24 PM
- Prêt à Porter P said...
So glamorous!!
- August 21, 2011 at 5:31 AM
- Narcissique said...
I love black and white outfits, they are very elegant! I think that it depends on the person, I'm 23 and I don't care about what people or designers say, I wear my own style no matter what people will think. And I'm sure that I will do the same when I'm 60 or 80 years old!
- August 21, 2011 at 8:52 AM
- Nathalie said...
Wow! Looks fantastic! xx
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- August 21, 2011 at 10:57 AM
- Jo said...
She makes me want to start wearing dresses again ... Lovely!
- August 21, 2011 at 5:20 PM
- Terri said...
I like the mixed sizes of patterns. Very striking look.
- August 21, 2011 at 9:45 PM
As with so many of the fabulous ladies you feature, this woman is impeccably groomed and has chosen the perfect design elements to make herself into a star.
- August 21, 2011 at 10:31 PM
- muffinandjezebel said...
I love the dress, the earrings, the hair, everything. Tres chic.
- August 21, 2011 at 11:06 PM
- Jan said...
What a great looking outfit on a beautiful woman. I think the hair is a bit much, but I'm pretty conservative :) Looking at these wonderfully dressed and groomed women has inspired me. Thanks to them and thanks to you for bringing them to us.
- August 22, 2011 at 12:16 PM
She looks a little like my mother-in-law.
I love that she has all those magnificent pieces of jewels on her without a care.
I realize that is one of the honors of being an older woman.
If you are young wearing even one piece of bling like that, you get the "crazy-eye" from the hipsters who easily categorize people as showy.
- August 22, 2011 at 12:36 PM
- pinkmate said...
wow! she looks beautiful! I love her style!
- August 23, 2011 at 7:50 PM
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- August 24, 2011 at 5:41 AM
- Giuppy d'Aura said...
how to be beautiful without looking young! amazing style and amazing face!
- August 25, 2011 at 6:17 AM
- MissLauraHueto said...
I feel like she's a less extravagant, more elegant and sweet version of Cruella De Ville... ;) Wouldn't you agree?
- August 26, 2011 at 8:55 AM
- Bev said...
Wow, this lady is beautiful! I truly hope that I am looking half as good as this when I am older and that I wont feel tied to wearing the usual clothes an older person might want to wear.
Such an inspiration!
- August 26, 2011 at 10:06 AM
- Foster said...
She looks fantastic! I hope I can pull that off when I'm her age.
Love your blog.
- August 26, 2011 at 10:55 PM
- Military Camouflage Clothing said...
wow she looks cool.I like her style.
- August 26, 2011 at 11:49 PM
- tigerblog said...
Very good
- August 27, 2011 at 12:14 PM
- Tessa G. said...
Absolutely perfect! These types of women actually make me want to reach old age. In this world, that desire can be tough, but let's be real- I can't wait to be a funk-tastic 60+ year old!
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Many thanks Deepti!
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Love the wonderfully kind looking "monster"! Wonderful, imaginative, magical scene. Love the moon.
I love where the wild things are, and I love this!
It's a rare artist who can echo Sendak and yet still make the work his own. Beautiful job! I remember loving "The Nutshell Library", first published in 1962, particularly the story of Pierre (the boy who didn't care).
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Geoffrey - thanks for such a big compliment and yeah, I really loved "The Nutshell Library" as well. :)
Looks really nice.
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Thank you Wendy. :)
This is the kind of image I would love on my wall as a kid. I would stair at it for hours and loss myself (because you can do that when you are young). Then I would see it when I am older and would feel all nostalgic like it was apart of me.
aw, what a wonderful compliment, thank you Rick. :)
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definitely one of my favorites on Society 6. LOVE it.
wonderful atmosphere, in fact in all your work, I like your world!
I like how you've managed to take a bunch of elements that ought to be menacing and somehow made them friendly. Really good stuff!
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The Mood to it is somehow dark and peaceful, nice job man!
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Isn't that monster originally created by Maurice Sendak, from "Where the Wild Things Are"??
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I love this it is so enchanting :)
cool monster;)
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