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Marine biodiversity in the Caribbean : regional estimates and distribution patterns
(2010)
This paper provides an analysis of the distribution patterns of marine biodiversity and summarizes the major activities of the Census of Marine Life program in the Caribbean region. The coastal Caribbean region is a large ...
Flow of economic benefits from coral reefs in a multi-use Caribbean marine protected area using network theory
(2021)
Adaptation to changes in the delivery of ecosystem services while maintaining resilience of natural systems is one of the main challenges faced by multi-use marine protected areas (MPAs). To overcome this, it is crucial ...
Evaluation of different modeling approaches for estimating total bole volume of Hispaniolan pine (Pinus occidentalis Swartz) in different ecological zones
(2024)
Pinus occidentalis (Swartz) is the primary timber species in the Dominican Republic (DR). Despite its economic importance, studies conducted on this species are scarce, making it difficult to estimate current inventory ...
Foraging shifts and visual preadaptation in ecologically diverse bats
(2020)
Changes in behaviour may initiate shifts to new adaptive zones, with physical adaptations for novel environments evolving later. While new mutations are commonly considered engines of adaptive change, sensory evolution ...
Annotated checklist of the terrestrial mollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Hispaniola Island
(2021)
[English] The annotated checklist on the extant terrestrial mollusks from Hispaniola Island based on literature from 1758 to 2020 is here presented. We report 612 taxa distributed in three subclasses, 129 genera and 39 ...
Notes on activity patterns of five species of Sphaerodactylus (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from the Dominican Republic
(2011)
Sphaerodactylus leucaster and S. thompsoni are poorly known xerophilic geckos from Hispaniola...
Ongoing declines for the world’s amphibians in the face of emerging threats
(2023)
Systematic assessments of species extinction risk at regular intervals are necessary for informing conservation action. Ongoing developments in taxonomy, threatening processes and research further underscore the need for ...
Studies in neotropical polypores 11 : Antrodia aurantia, a new species from the Dominican Republic, Greater Antilles
(2001)
Antrodia aurantia Lodge, Ryvarden & Perdomo-Sanchez is described as new. It has bright orange resupinate basidiomes that lack rhizomorphs and has pores that are deep, soft, large, and angular to sinuous; it is associated ...
Tendencias en la biodiversidad de los arrecifes de coral de República Dominicana
(2023)
En 2015, iniciamos un programa de monitoreo de ecosistemas de arrecifes de coral a nivel nacional en la República Dominicana (RD) para establecer referentes de biodiversidad contra los cuales se podrían rastrear las ...
The biodiversity of Hispaniolan mollusca
(2016)
Hispaniola as the second largest Island of the Greater Antilles host a remarkable mosaic biodiversity of terrestrial mollusca as a result of its turbulent natural history: repeated joining and separation of multiple sets ...