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Obtaining DNA samples from sensitive and endangered bird species : a comparison of saliva and blood samples
(2022)
[English] Methods used to collect biological samples from birds for genetic analyses should allow high-quality DNA to be obtained in sufficient quantities, while limiting negative effects on sampled individuals. In this ...
Estructura y composición de un ensamblaje de aves asociadas al río Maimón, República Dominicana
(2022)
[Español] Se analizó la composición y estructura de un ensamblaje de aves asociadas a cuatro localidades ubicadas en los márgenes del río Maimón (República Dominicana): confluencia del río Maimón con río Yuna, carretera ...
Picky Palmchats (Dulus dominicus) : do they really prefer to nest in royal palms?
(2020)
Palmchats (Dulus dominicus) are widespread, medium-sized passerines endemic to Hispaniola. Palmchats build large, intricate stick nests mostly in palm trees, sometimes in deciduous trees, and rarely on the ground. The ...
Identification of priority shorebird conservation areas in the Caribbean
(2020)
Despite being geographically central to the Atlantic Americas Flyway for migratory birds, the Caribbean is often overlooked or underappreciated when addressing the conservation of North American shorebirds. To our knowledge, ...
Systematics and conservation of an endemic radiation of Accipiter hawks in the Caribbean islands
(2021)
[English] More than one-third of the bird species found in the Caribbean are endemic to a set of neighboring islands or a single island. However, we have little knowledge of the evolutionary history of the Caribbean avifauna, ...
Street-level green spaces support a key urban population of the threatened Hispaniolan parakeet Psittacara chloropterus
(2021)
While urbanisation remains a major threat to biodiversity, urban areas can sometimes play an important role in protecting threatened species, especially exploited taxa such as parrots. The Hispaniolan Parakeet Psittacara ...
Birdy hear, birdy do : Does playback attract seed dispersers to restoration sites?
(2020)
One aspect of the author's studies has been the community-level analysis at our sites in the central Dominican Republic in an attempt to fully document all feeding/dispersal relationships between all of the bird and plant ...
Buteo ridgwayi, Ridgway's Hawk
(2020)
Artículo que resume los resultados de una evaluación sobre el estado de conservación del Gavilán de la Hispaniola (Buteo ridgwayi) publicado en la «Lista Roja de Especies Amenazadas» de la Unión Internacional para la ...
Amazona ventralis, Hispaniolan Amazon
(2020)
Artículo que resume los resultados de una evaluación sobre el estado de conservación de la Cotorra de la Hispaniola (Amazona ventralis) publicado en la «Lista Roja de Especies Amenazadas» de la Unión Internacional para la ...
New population of critically endangered raptor discovered in Haiti
(2021)
Since the last recorded sighting in 1962, Ridgway’s Hawk was unknown from Haiti and was presumed extirpated. But, in August 2019, colleagues from the Haitian conservation organization, JACSEH (Jeunes en Action Pour la ...