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Tourists, turtles and trinkets : a look at the trade in marine turtle products in the Dominican Republic and Colombia
(2006)
The Dominican Republic and the Caribbean coastline of Colombia have a long history of use of marine turtles for both local consumption (turtle eggs, meat and oil) and for crafting into ornamental products such as jewellery, ...
Historical biogeography of endemic plants in the Caribbean and Podocarpus as a case study
(2019)
Despite numerous floristic studies of the Caribbean region, the large-scale evolutionary origins of its diversity remain relatively under-explored. Here, I add to the empirical knowledge of the origin and assembly of the ...
LifeWeb-Spain UNEP-CEP Meeting on Scenarios for Transboundary Marine Mammal Management in the Wider Caribbean” to be held 23th - 24th of April 2014 in San Juan, Puerto Rico : Marine Spatial Planning and Transboundary Management of Marine Mammals in the Wider Caribbean
(2013)
The present document outlines the process in the application of marine spatial planning and the work of the expert group of in developing scenarios for transboundary management of marine mammals in the region, with two ...
Marine mammals in the Wider Caribbean : current research and priorities for future studies
(2014)
Numerous research activities aiming at marine mammals have been commenced by individual organisations as well as regional or even international collaborations throughout the Wider Caribbean over the past years. These ...
Gesneriatuberifera (Gesneriaceae), a new lithophytic species from the Sierra de Bahoruco, Barahona Peninsula of southern Hispaniola (Dominican Republic)
(2023)
A narrowly endemic new species of Gesneria is described from the Sierra de Bahoruco in the Dominican Republic’s Barahona Peninsula of southern Hispaniola. Gesneriatuberifera J.L.Clark & T.Clase, sp. nov. differs from all ...
Observation of geophagy by Hispaniolan Crossbill (Loxia megaplaga) at an abandoned bauxite mine
(2012)
Abstract: I report an observation of endangered Hispaniolan Crossbill (Loxia megaplaga) feeding on soils near abandoned bauxite mines in the Sierra de Bahoruco, Dominican Republic. Although geophagy has been widely reported ...
Overcoming barriers to reef restoration : field-based method for approximate genotyping of Acropora cervicornis
(2023)
Reef restoration efforts aim to enhance resilience by safeguarding the genetic diversity of coral populations. This could be facilitated by genotyping methods that are relatively inexpensive, and field-based. A potential ...
Uncovering life history traits and conservation strategies for the Golden Swallow, Tachycineta euchrysea sclateri, a threatened and endemic passerine on the island of Hispaniola : 2014 field season report
(2014)
The 2014 field season saw the continued collection of annual data on the breeding life history of the Golden Swallows via artificial nest-box monitoring. Moreso than years prior, however, we spent considerable time focusing ...
Descubriendo las características de la historia de vida y estrategias de conservación para la Golondrina Verde, Tachycineta euchrysea, un paseriforme amenazado y endémico a la isla ‘La Hispaniola’ : informe final, temporada 2012
(2012)
En 2008, se colocaron cajas-nido en la Cordillera Central de la República Dominicana, en un esfuerzo de atraer una población de la Golondrina Verde, una especie endémica y en peligro cuyas poblaciones están disminuyendo ...
Uncovering life history traits and conservation strategies for the Golden Swallow, Tachycineta euchrysea sclateri, a threatened and endemic passerine on the island of Hispaniola : 2013 field season report
(2013)
The Golden Swallow Project saw its second successful year in the Dominican Republic in 2013. Returning with a better understanding of the Golden swallows allowed us to refine our methodologies and interact at a much more ...