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  Remote sensing and soil moisture sensors for irrigation management in avocado orchards: a practical approach for water stress assessment in remote agricultural areas 

  Torres-Quezada, Emmanuel; Fuentes-Peñailillo, Fernando; Gutter, Karen; Rondón, Félix; Mancebo Marmolejos, Jorge; Maurer, Willy; Bisonó, Arturo (2025)

  Water scarcity significantly challenges agricultural systems worldwide, especially in tropical areas such as the Dominican Republic. This study explores integrating satellite-based remote sensing technologies and field-based ...
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  Around the world in 26 million years : diversification and biogeography of pantropical Grass-yellow Eurema butterflies (Pieridae: Coliadinae) 

  Leong, Jing V.; Matos-Maraví, Pável; Núñez, Rayner; Nunes, Renato; Liang, Weijun; Braby, Michael F.; Doleck, Tenzing; Aduse-Poku, Kwaku; Inayoshi, Yutaka; Hsu, Yu-Feng; Wahlberg, Niklas; Peggie, Djunijanti; Mohagan, Alma B.; Mohagan, Dave P.; Genaro, Julio A.; Perez-Asso, Antonio R.; Kunte, Krushnamegh; Martins, Dino J.; Sáfián, Szabolcs; Kawahara, Akito Y.; Pierce, Naomi E.; Lohman, David J. (2025)

  Aim: Grass-yellow butterflies (Eurema) are a group of pantropical Pieridae distributed throughout Asia, Australasia, Africa and the New World. However, little is known about their diversification, including the biogeographic ...
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  Intercomparison of satellite-derived SST with logger data in the Caribbean—Implications for coral reef monitoring 

  Margaritis, Georgios; Kent, Elizabeth C.; Foster, Gavin L. (2025)

  Since the early 1980s measurements of Sea Surface Temperature (SST) derived from satellite-borne instruments have provided a wide range of global gridded products documenting changes in SST. However, there are many sources ...
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  Conservation finance for coral reefs : a Vibrant Oceans Initiative whitepaper 

  Amaya, Tanya; Samuel Abraham, Arunkumar; Cripps, Simon; Peckham, Hoyt; Darling, Emily (2022)

  This whitepaper reviews a broad range of finance solutions related to coral reef conservation, including conservation trust funds, blended finance, small and medium-sized enterprises, blue carbon, blue bonds, environmental ...
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  A new miniature ghost orchid appears in the Dominican Republic 

  Ackermann, James D.; Fernández, Eladio; Cabrera, Betsaida; González-Orellana, Normandie (2025)

  [English] A small population of an epiphytic orchid in the leafless genus Dendrophylax was discovered in the valley of Río Amina, on the northwestern side of the Cordillera Central of the Dominican Republic. The tiny ...

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