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Caribbean biogeography : molecular evidence for dispersal in West Indian terrestrial vertebrates
(1992)
The geological association of the Greater Antilles with North and South America in the late Cretaceous led to the hypothesis that the present Antillean biota reflects those ancient land connections. Molecular data from ...
Convención Relativa a los Humedales de Importancia Internacional Especialmente como Hábitat de Aves Acuáticas
(1994)
La Convención sobre los Humedales es el tratado intergubernamental que ofrece el marco global para la conservación y el uso racional de los humedales y sus recursos. La Convención se adoptó en la ciudad iraní de Ramsar en ...
Hypotheses for the Recent Hispaniolan spider fauna based on the Dominican Republic amber spider fauna
(1999)
The Dominican Republic amber fossil spider record is examined and hypotheses generated concerning the Recent Hispaniolan spider fauna which is, at present, poorly known. The families Cyrtaucheniidae, Microstigmatidae, ...
Caddis flies (Trichoptera) from the Dominican Republic (West Indies). II. All families except Hydroptilidae; with general observations for Hispaniola
(1996)
This is the second part of the results of a travel (1995) to the Dominican Republic devoted to study of Trichoptera. All families except Hydroptilidae are dealt with; 30 taxa were recognized, several new for Hispaniola or ...
Caribherp : amphibians and reptiles of Caribbean Islands
(1999)
Caribherp is an online database containing information on amphibians and reptiles of the Caribbean Islands. It was established in 1999 and serves as a resource for determining the species that occur on specific islands, ...
Vicariance and dispersal in Caribbean biogeography
(1996)
The species diversity and phylogenetic relationships of West Indian vertebrates are incompletely known, but several lines of evidence support a dispersal origin for most of the fauna. Crother and Guyer have contested much ...
Determination of gender in cetaceans by the polymerase chain reaction
(1992)
We determined the gender of a variety of cet can species, including both ondotocetes and mysticetes, using the polymerase chain reaction for amplification of the sex chromosome specific regions ZFY/ZFX and SRY. This quick ...
Global amphibian declines : a perspective from the Caribbean
(1993)
Recent concern over the possibility of a global decline in amphibians prompted this assessment of the West Indian species. At the species level, the West Indian amphibian fauna (156 species, all frogs and toads) has not ...
Phylogeography of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus): how many populations and how many taxa?
(1998)
To resolve the population genetic structure and phylogeography of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), mitochondrial (mt) DNA control region sequences were compared among eight locations across the western Atlantic ...
Endemic rodents of the West Indies : the end of a splendid isolation
(1989)
The objective of this paper is to summarize the status of endangered, vulnerable, or rare rodents in the Middle American Region. This region includes Mexico, all of Central America south to the Colombian border, and the ...