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Tropical fish diversity enhances coral reef functioning across multiple scales
(2019)
There is now a general consensus that biodiversity positively affects ecosystem functioning. This consensus, however, stems largely from small-scale experiments, raising the question of whether diversity effects operate ...
Uncertain future for global sea turtle populations in face of sea level rise
(2023)
Sea level rise has accelerated during recent decades, exceeding rates recorded during the previous two millennia, and as a result many coastal habitats and species around the globe are being impacted. This situation is ...
A habitat suitability model for Ricord’s Iguana in the Dominican Republic
(2009)
This paper presents results from a pilot study that evaluated variables extracted from satellite imagery and digitally mapped data layers to map the probability of suitable Ricord’s iguana habitat. Bayesian methods were ...
High altitude aggregations of Anetia briarea Godart on Hispaniola (Nymphalidae: Danainae)
(1990)
High altitude aggregations of the danaine Anetia hriarea Godart were observed near the
summit of Pico Duarte (2500-3000 m) in the Dominican Republic. These observations represent the highest elevation record in the West ...
Analysis of the Pterocarpus officinalis forests in the Gran Estero (Dominican Republic)
(2009)
This paper deals with the geological, historical, bioclimatic and floristic aspects of the northern sector of the Caribbean-Atlantic Subprovince. By means of phytosociological vegetation samples, we focussed our attention ...
New distributional records of the Samaná least gecko (Sphaerodactylus samanensis, Cochran, 1932) with comments on its morphological variation and conservation status
(2021)
We report here five new localities across the distribution of the lizard Sphaerodactylus samanensis, extending its current geographic range to the west, in the Cordillera Central of Hispaniola. We also report phenotypic ...
The habitats of Leptochloopsis virgata in the Dominican Republic
(2010)
This paper deals with the Leptochloopsis virgata esparto patches growing in the Dominican Republic. These communities thrive mostly in shaded areas, as happens in the southwest of the island and the Cibao valley, where ...
Forests and landscapes of Dominican Republic
(2015)
Aims: This, in conjunction with the diversity of the substrates and the fact that the island is home to the highest mountains in the Caribbean and with a high rate of endemic species, allows them to be differentiated into ...
Distribution patterns of endemic flora to define hotspots on Hispaniola
(2016)
Nineteen areas on the island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) were studied with the aim of determining the distribution pattern of the endemic flora in these areas, and their variability with altitude. The ...
Three new scorpion species from the Dominican Republic, Greater Antilles (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Scorpionidae)
(2014)
We describe herein three new species of scorpions from the Dominican Republic, in the Greater Antillean Island of Hispaniola: Microtityus minimus sp. n. (probably the smallest scorpion in the world from the southernmost ...