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Predation of a Golden Swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea) nest by the Indian mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) in the Sierra de Bahoruco, Dominican Republic
(2006)
Abstract: Golden Swallows (Tachycineta euchrysea) have recently been observed nesting on or near the ground. In May 2004 I observed an introduced Indian mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) enter a recently depredated Golden ...
In-water surveys for sea turtles in two national parks of the Dominican Republic
(2007)
Since 1996, in-water sea turtle research in the Dominican Republic has been conducted exclusively in the area of Jaragua National Park in the southwestern part of the country. Beginning in 2005, ...
Datos sobre las ballenas jorobadas (Megaptera novaeangliae) de la Bahía de Samaná, República Dominicana
(2007)
Se presenta el modelaje batimétrico del área de observación de ballenas de la Bahía de Samaná como base descriptiva de la topografía submarina, resaltando accidentes topográficos como el Hueco de las Ballenas y el Banco ...
Humpback whale sightings in southern waters of the Dominican Republic lead to proactive conservation measures
(2008)
The Amigos de los Delfines made four sightings of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) during surveys for dolphins near the Parque Nacional del Este (Eastern National Park), on the south-eastern coast of the Dominican ...
Avian diversity, abundance, and conservation status in the Macaya Biosphere Reserve of Haiti
(2005)
[English] We surveyed the montane forest bird community at two sites in the Macaya Biosphere Reserve, Haiti during 7 to 14 February 2004. We recorded 37 species of birds among 234 mist-net captures, 121 point count ...
Dolphin ecology and behaviour in the southeastern waters of the Dominican Republic: preliminary observations
(2006)
Between June 2004 and April 2006, 381 hours of dolphin surveys were undertaken in the waters off the village of Bayahíbe and Parque Nacional del Este on the southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic. This was the first ...
Lizards in an evolutionary tree: ecology and adaptive radiation of anoles
(2009)
[English] Adaptive radiation, which results when a single ancestral species gives rise to many descendants, each adapted to a different part of the environment, is possibly the single most important source of biological ...
Especies de equinodermos recientes (Echinodermata : crinoidea: asteroidea: ophiuroidea: echinoidea y holothuroidea) conocidas para la Hispaniola
(2004)
El presente trabajo resume y actualiza el conocimiento de la biodiversidad de los equinodermos recientes de la Isla Hispaniola, ofreciendo una lista con 154 especies, divididas en 23 especies de crinoidea, 33 de asteroidea, ...
Algas marinas bentónicas (Rhodophyta, Phaeophyta y Chlorophyta) conocidas para la Hispaniola
(2001)
[Español] Este trabajo resume y actualiza, desde una perspectiva insular y con un enfoque histórico, el conocimiento de la biodiversidad de las macroalgas marinas bentónicas de la Hispaniola, teniendo en cuenta los últimos ...