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Tourist attitudes towards marine mammal tourism : an example from the Dominican Republic
(2010)
In 2002, residents of the village of Bayahíbe, Dominican Republic, became concerned about their local dolphin population when eight bottlenose dolphins were captured for a Dominican dolphinarium off the coast of their ...
Independent evolutionary histories in allopatric populations of a threatened Caribbean land mammal
(2016)
The aim of this study was to determine the evolutionary history, relationships and distinctiveness of allopatric populations of Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus), a highly threatened Caribbean ‘relict’ mammal, ...
Conservation of the herpetofauna of the Dominican Republic
(2011)
The herpetofauna of the Dominican Republic consists of 39 frogs (two of which areintroduced), 110 squamates (one possibly extinct and three or four introduced), one crocodilian, three turtles (one introduced), plus four ...
A comparison of populations of island and adjacent mainland species of Caribbean Selenops (Araneae: Selenopidae) spiders
(2010)
The role of the landscape in structuring populations has been the focus of numerous studies, in particular, the extent to which islands provide opportunities for isolation, and the consistency of such an effect across ...
Parsimony analysis of butterflies communities in the Dominican Republic: assessing relationships among butterflies assemblages (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)
(2017)
[Español] A raíz de las investigaciones realizadas durante un período de siete años en dos localidades distantes de la República Dominicana, se realizó una hipótesis de relación entre algunas comunidades de mariposas. Se ...
New records of Haplaxius (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) in the Dominican Republic, with description of a new species
(2010)
The planthopper genus Haplaxius Fowler has a New World distribution. Kramer (1979) revised the New World Myndus Stål, consisting of 63 species. In that revision, Kramer synonymized Haplaxius and Paramyndus Fennah under ...
Background document for the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net) : Caribbean Regional Trialogue on Pollinators, Food Security and Climate Resilience
(2018)
The purpose of this document was to provide a background for the participants of the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network’s (BES-Net) Second Regional Trialogue, which took place in the city of Santo Domingo, Dominican ...
Primer registro de Uranotaenia cooki (Diptera: Culicidae) para República Dominicana
(2018)
El presente estudio registra por primera vez a la especie Uranotaenia cooki (Diptera: Culicidae) en República Dominicana, concretamente en el municipio de Jarabacoa. Con este hallazgo, el culícido se encuentra oficialmente ...
Uso de hábitat de anidación del Gavilán de la Española (Buteo ridgwayi) en el Parque Nacional Los Haitises, República Dominicana
(2018)
El Gavilán de la Española (Buteo ridgwayi) es una rapaz endémica de la Española considerada el ave más amenazada del país y una de las rapaces más amenazadas del mundo, con una distribución histórica de unos 27 puntos de ...
First description of Ashy-faced Owl (Tyto glaucops) nest and first record of Ashy-faced Owl nesting in Palmchat (Dulus dominicus) nest on Hispaniola
(2018)
Ashy-faced Owl (Tyto glaucops) is a Hispaniolan endemic. Despite the fact that it is considered locally common and widespread throughout much of its range, little is known about several aspects of this species’ biology, ...