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Pollution loading to the Caribbean Sea from rivers in the capital city of the Dominican Republic
(2011)
The Caribbean Sea is facing an environmental problem caused by the pollution discharged by rivers flowing through Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The objective of this study is to survey the present condition of the ...
Solenodon genome reveals convergent evolution of venom in eulipotyphlan mammals
(2019)
Venom systems are key adaptations that have evolved throughout the tree of life and typically facilitate predation or defense. Despite venoms being model systems for studying a variety of evolutionary and physiological ...
Phylogenetic analyses of novel squamate adenovirus sequences in wild-caught Anolis lizards
(2013)
Adenovirus infection has emerged as a serious threat to the health of captive snakes and lizards (i.e., squamates), but we know relatively little about this virus' range of possible hosts, pathogenicity, modes of transmission, ...
Bot meets whale: best practices for mitigating negative interactions between marine mammals and microROVs
(2019)
To better understand the potential risks and to establish an anticipatory framework to minimize negative interactions between MicroROV operators and marine mammals, we, a group of six experts in microROVs and/or marine ...
Local ecological knowledge of fishermen in Rhode Island and the Dominican Republic : state of their fisheries, changes and adaptations
(2016)
There is a growing need to broaden our understanding of people’s knowledge and their fisheries and to consider new approaches that will lead to effective conservation that enables us to sustain fisheries and protect the ...
Food habits of the endemic ashy-faced owl (Tyto glaucops) and recently arrived barn owl (T. alba) in Hispaniola
(2010)
The Ashy-faced Owl (Tyto glaucops) is endemic to Hispaniola, where the Barn Owl (T. alba) became established after ca. 1950. I examined 8322 vertebrate prey of the two species, using regurgitated pellets and prey remains ...
Diving for monkeys
(2012)
From deep in the pools of Caribbean caves, CUNY Graduate Center anthropologists retrieve the remains of a long extinct primate and other prize fossils
Manual básico de prevención de riesgos laborales [para la implementación del Plan de Manejo del Parque Nacional Sierra de Bahoruco]
(2014)
Para lograr un efectivo desarrollo y alcanzar resultados de calidad en las diferentes actividades de conservación, es necesario que cada trabajador conozca e implemente ciertas normas básicas de seguridad. Basadas en la ...
Participatory assessment of a community’s climate resilience and potential for the REDD+ program in the Dominican Republic (Doctoral dissertation, Université de Sherbrooke).
(2018)
To adapt to climate change, the Dominican Republic is writing its national strategy for the REDD+ program. An ongoing conservation project managed by the Fondo Agua Santo Domingo got fast and cost-effective results compatible ...
Hedges Lab : Evolutionary Biology
(2016)
Este portal web, desarrollado por el científico norteamericano Stephen Blair Hedges, Ph.D. (Carnell Professor and Director, Center for Biodiversity, Science Education & Research Center, Temple University, Philadelphia), ...