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A first report on fish and turtle catch in Trudillé Jaragua National Park, Dominican Republic
(2010)First report of results of a study to collect information about fishing activity and turtles caught by fishers in Trudillé, Jaragua National Park, Dominican Republic. -
A guide to Caribbean vegetation types : preliminary classification system and descriptions
(1999)Improved conservation of the distinct natural vegetation types that occur on Caribbean islands is greatly facilitated if these vegetation types are accurately understood, described, and mapped in a manner that is accepted ... -
A guide to coral reef restoration for the tourism sector: partnering with Caribbean tourism leaders to accelerate coral restoration
(2022)Healthy coral reefs are essential for the Caribbean tourism industry, which drives local economies and supports hundreds of thousands of livelihoods throughout the region. A Guide to Coral Reef Restoration for the Tourism ... -
A guide to the birds of the West Indies
(1998)This is the first comprehensive field guide to the birds of the West Indies to appear in more than fifty years. It covers all 564 bird species known to occur in the region (including migrants and infrequently occurring ... -
A guide to using the CITES Trade Database : version 9
(2022)The following guide is designed as an aid to understanding the CITES Trade Database and the data it contains. Due to the complexities of interpreting CITES trade data, it is highly recommended that all those interested in ... -
A habitat suitability model for Ricord’s Iguana in the Dominican Republic
(2009)This paper presents results from a pilot study that evaluated variables extracted from satellite imagery and digitally mapped data layers to map the probability of suitable Ricord’s iguana habitat. Bayesian methods were ... -
A hierarchical analysis of nesting and foraging habitat for the conservation of the Hispaniolan White-winged crossbill (Loxia leucoptera megaplaga)
(2000)Little is known about habitat use by the endemic Hispaniolan White-winged crossbill (Loxia leucoptera megaplaga), in part because of its small population size and wandering tendencies; before this study only a single nest ... -
A la caza de un cangrejo
(2018)Eduardo es un niño intrépido que le gustan los animales. Un día va de excursión al cayo con sus padres en un catamarán. En la playa se encuentra con un niño llamado Fernando y juntos empiezan la aventura de atrapar a un ... -
A monitoring and evaluation mechanism for the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME+) Strategic Action Programme (SAP)
(2021)The M&E for the CLME+ SAP will consist of what can be described as three families of overlapping and interrelated sets of indicators: SAP action indicators address the progress in implementation of the CLME+ SAP Strategies ... -
A new atlantasellid isopod (Asellota: Aselloidea) from the flooded coastal karst of the Dominican Republic (Hispaniola) : evidence for an exopod on a thoracic limb and biogeographical implications
(2001)A new representative of the thus far monotypic, Bermudan aselloid family Atlantasellidae is described from the freshwater layers of two coastal sinkholes on the south-west Dominican Republic, Hispaniola. Atlantasellus ... -
A new distribution record and a previously undocumented color pattern of the Hispaniolan Yellow Tree Frog, Osteopilus pulchrilineatus (Hylidae), in the Dominican Republic
(2021)This study documents a new locality record for the Hispaniolan Yellow Treefrog (Osteopilus pulchrilineatus) at Rancho de la Guardia, Hondo Valle, Elías Piña, Dominican Republic. A previously unrecorded coloration pattern ... -
A new frog of the Eleutherodactylus abbotti species group (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) from Hispaniola, with bioacoustic and taxonomic comments on other species
(2018)Abstract: A new species of frog, Eleutherodactylus geitonos sp. nov., is described from the southeastern slope of the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic. The new frog is closely related to E. haitianus and both species ... -
A new megalonychid sloth from the late Wisconsinan of the Dominican Republic
(2002)An unusually well preserved skull, mandible, and indisputably associated post-cranial elements of new sloth, Acratocnus (Miocnus), were recovered from a cave in Jaragua National Park, Dominican Republic. The animal died ... -
A new nematode of the genus Diplotriaena from a Hispaniolan woodpecker
(1934)The species of nematode described in this paper was collected from the body cavity of a Hispaniolan woodpecker killed near Santa Barbara de Samaná, Dominican Republic, by E. W. Price. -
A new review of the status of the Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) in the Dominican Republic and Haiti
(2010)The Caribbean Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber is a locally common resident of Hispaniola withnumbers augmented significantly by seasonal visitors. We review the existing literature and provide newdata on the status of the ... -
A new seed bank for Hispaniola to support the conservation and sustainable use of the Caribbean native flora
(2017)A significant step for the effective conservation of the native flora of the Caribbean Islands was taken on 7 February 2017, when the new seed bank of the Jardín Botánico Nacional ‘Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso’ of Santo Domingo ... -
A new species of Caribbean toad (Bufonidae, Peltophryne) from southern Hispaniola
(2018)Peltophryne armata sp. nov. is described from the South paleoisland of Hispaniola, West Indies. This is the only native toad species known to inhabit the Barahona Peninsula, Dominican Republic, in the southernmost part of ... -
A new species of Cyphomyia Wiedemann from the Dominican Republic with a key to Caribbean species of the genus (Diptera, Stratiomyidae, Clitellariinae)
(2014)A new species of Cyphomyia Wiedemann, C. baoruco sp. n., is described from the Dominican Republic. A key to the species of Cyphomyia known from the Caribbean islands is provided. -
A new species of Eleutherodactylus from the Dominican Republic
(1923)The presence of a new species among a collection of frogs sent to the United States National Museum from Santo Domingo was pointed out to me last summer by Dr. G. K. Noble of the American Museum of Natural History. On his ... -
A new species of extinct Late Quaternary giant tortoise from Hispaniola
(2017)Insular giant tortoise diversity has been depleted by Late Quaternary extinctions, but the taxonomic status of many extinct populations remains poorly understood due to limited available fossil or subfossil material, ...