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Manual sobre técnicas de manejo para la conservación de las tortugas marinas en playas de anidación
(2011)
El presente manual ha sido el resultado de un importante esfuerzo de varios años de revisiones y consultas en las que han participado muchos expertos en tortugas marinas colaboradores y miembros de los Órganos Subsidiarios ...
Genetic patterns in Neotropical Magnolias (Magnoliaceae) using de novo developed microsatellite markers
(2019)
Conserving tree populations safeguards forests since they represent key elements of the ecosystem. The genetic characteristics underlying the evolutionary success of the tree growth form: high genetic diversity, extensive ...
The Red List of Magnoliaceae : revised and extended
(2016)
The Red List of Magnoliaceae aims to stimulate conservation action for Magnolia species under threat. The Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) and the Global Trees campaign work with botanic gardens and other ...
The Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) from late Quaternary underwater cave deposits in the Dominican Republic
(2018)
Late Quaternary fossils representing a locally extinct population of the Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) are reported from two underwater caves in the Dominican Republic. A large fossil sample of C. rhombifer, from ...
Revision of the Drosophila bromeliae species group (Diptera, Drosophilidae) : Central American, Caribbean, and Andean species
(2016)
Species in the Drosophila bromeliae group visit flowers, where most or all of the species probably breed. They are not collected in significant numbers. The group has thus far included five Neotropical species: aguape Val ...
Fossil land tortoises (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Dominican Republic, West Indies, with a description of a new species
(2018)
A new fossil tortoise, Chelonoidis dominicensis, is described from a flooded cave in La Altagracia Province in the southeastern Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola. The holotype, and only known specimen, includes ...
Nocturnal flowering and pollination of a rare Caribbean sage, Salvia arborescens (Lamiaceae)
(2016)
The phenology, floral biology and pollination ecology of Salvia arborescens Urb. & Ekman (Lamiaceae) are reported, based on field and garden observations. The flowers of S. arborescens are white, fragrant and rich in nectar. ...
Growth dynamics of the threatened Caribbean staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis: influence of host genotype, symbiont identity, colony size, and environmental setting
(2014)
The drastic decline in the abundance of Caribbean acroporid corals (Acropora cervicornis, A. palmata) has prompted the listing of this genus as threatened as well as the development of a regional propagation and restoration ...