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Mejorando la gestión y los medios de vida comunitarios para mitigar las amenazas en las KBA Sierra de Bahoruco y Bahoruco Oriental, República Dominicana : plan de salud y seguridad comunitaria
(2022)
Project overview: Strengthen management of the Sierra de Bahoruco and Bahoruco Oriental protected areas and their buffer zones to mitigate threats. Build management capacity, develop bird-friendly coffee demonstration plots ...
Síntesis de información biofísica histórica de la región de Samaná (draft)
(2005)
El presente reporte es parte de la consultoría efectuada por el Centro para la Conservación y Ecodesarrollo de la Bahía de Samaná y su Entorno, CEBSE, Inc. con el interés de lograr una síntesis de información física, ...
Managing freshwater inflows to estuaries : Project Yuna River Basin : phase II
(2004)
This hydrological evaluation of the high and medium basin of the Yuna River was financed by The Nature Conservancy as part of a series of activities named “Yuna Basin Project”. The purpose of the study is assessing the ...
Community assemblage patterns of inland fishes in southern regions of the Dominican Republic
(2011)
Fish community assemblages patterns were sampled for selected lagoons and rivers (-30 to 735 m of altitude) of the southern area of the Dominican Republic from June to August, 2010, using various standard collecting gears. ...
Freshwater microcrustaceans of Hispaniola : new records and potential as biological control agents
(2024)
[English] Some species of freshwater microcrustaceans have been widely used for biological control of mosquito larval populations. These zooplankton communities play an important role against some species of mosquitoes by ...
Island-to-island vicariance, founder-event and within-area speciation : the biogeographal history of the Antillattus clade (Salticidae: Euophryini)
(2022)
The Caribbean Archipelago is a biodiversity hotspot that plays a key role in developing our understanding of how dispersal ability affects species formation. In island systems, species with intermediate dispersal abilities ...
The Amazon sailfin catfish Pterygoplichthys pardalis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a new exotic species established in the Dominican Republic
(2020)
Abstract: The correct identity and occurrence of the introduced armored catfish, locally known as “devil fish” or “pleco” in the Dominican Republic, is briefly described. Specimens were collected from six sites in the ...
New specimens of late Quaternary extinct mammals from caves in Sánchez Ramírez Province, Dominican Republic
(2000)
During the late Quaternary, the island of Hispaniola supported one of the most diverse mammalian faunas in the West Indies. Much of this diversity was lost to extinction in the past 100,000 years, but the timing of these ...
Is whale watching a win-win for people and nature? An analysis of the economic, environmental, and social impacts of whale watching in the Caribbean
(2017)
Whale watching has been hailed by environmental non-governmental organizations like Greenpeace and the International Fund for Animal Welfare as a responsible form of tourism that has the potential to enhance conservation ...
Let's wait for the evening : nocturnal copulation in a tropical damselfly Phylolestes ethelae (Odonata, Synlestidae)
(2024)
Sexual selection is one of the main causes of the diversity of reproductive behaviours observed intra- and interspecifically. Here we study the reproductive behaviour of a unique species, Phylolestes ethelae, the only ...