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Forest change within and outside protected areas in the Dominican Republic, 2000-2016
(2019)
[English] We used Landsat-based estimates of tree cover change to document the loss and gain of forest in the Dominican Republic between 2000 and 2016. Overall, 2,795 km2 of forest were lost, with forest gain occurring on ...
The oldest known record of a ground sloth (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Folivora) from Hispaniola: evolutionary and paleobiogeographical implications
(2021)
[English] Sloths were among the most diverse groups of land vertebrates that inhabited the Greater Antilles until their extinction in the middle-late Holocene following the arrival of humans to the islands. Although the ...
Desarrollo sostenible y medio ambiente en República Dominicana: medios naturales, manejo histórico, conservación y protección
(2005)
Contenido temático: Introducción: Geografía física de Republica Dominicana y precedentes historiográficos. -- Situación geográfica y fisiografía regional. -- Rasgos climáticos. -- Distribución y riqueza del patrimonio ...
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 ...
Records of the cave-dwelling bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Hispaniola with an examination of seasonal variation in diversity
(2016)
Despite a long history of scientific collection of bats, Hispaniola remains the least studied island of the Greater Antilles. Using standardized trapping methods during the wet and dry season at four major caves — Honda ...
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 ...
Stable isotopes reveal seasonal dietary responses to agroforestry in a venomous mammal, the Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus)
(2022)
While trends in tropical deforestation are alarming, conservation biologists are increasingly recognizing the potential for species survival in human-modified landscapes. Identifying the factors underlying such persistence, ...
A social-ecological approach to studying variation in urban trees and ecosystem services in the National Municipal District of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
(2022)
[English] Maintaining a diverse urban forest that provides ecosystem services can promote urban sustainability and resilience to environmental change. Around the world, cities have taken to inventorying their urban trees ...
Ciencia, ambiente y clima
(2018)
Revista científica editada en la República Dominicana que pretende contribuir con la difusión de resultados originales e inéditos de investigación básica y aplicada sobre temas de ciencias naturales, ambiente, clima, ...
GEO Santo Domingo: perspectivas del medio ambiente urbano
(2007)
Este libro presenta los resultados de «GEO Santo Domingo», un proyecto de análisis, evaluación y ponderación de múltiples parámetros urbanísticos que condujo a un diagnóstico muy documentado de la calidad ambiental de la ...