PANORAMA RIDGE WILDLIFE LIST

　

　

THE FOLLOWING LIST WAS COMPILED BY VICTOR PEREZ AT THE

PANORAMA RIDGE PROPERTY BETWEEN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2002.

THE AREA ITSELF IS LOCATED NEAR THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE NICOYA

PENINSULA, PUNTARENAS PROVINCE, AT ABOUT N.09’45-LATTITUDE,

W.85’02-KIBGUTYDE (THIS SPECIFIC SITE LOCATION IS IN BETWEEN THE

RANCHO AND THE WHITE HOUSE, WHICH ARE TWO WELL KNOWN AREAS).

ELEVATIONS RANGING IN BETWEEN 250-300 +/- METERS AT THE LOWEST

PARTS AND UP TO 5...

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If you would like a nature list compiled by a student studying for his Masters I would be glad to send it to you.
This survey was made by personal observations and sources such as "The Ecological Map of Costa Rica. The following life zones as defined by Holdridge are: below 400m, premontane wet forest climatic association with a rich epiphyte load with mostly steep and broken terrain. About 40 to 50% of the area is "Old Growth Forest with the remainder, second growth forest, at various stages ...
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