Browsing Investigación ambiental by Title
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Aspectos éticos y jurídicos de la contaminación ambiental en los Estados Unidos y la República Dominicana
(1990)Apelando a que las legislaciones ambientales de la República Dominicana descansen en principios éticos que respondan al respeto de la integridad humana y medioambiental presente y futura, el autor de este documento argumenta ... -
Aspectos hidrogeológicos de la región Suroeste
(1983)Se describen las caraterísticas geológicas y la hidrografía de la región Suroeste de la República Dominicana. -
Assessing and genotyping threatened staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis nurseries during restoration in southeast Dominican Republic
(2020)Acropora cervicornis is a structurally and functionally important Caribbean coral species. Since the 1980s, it has suffered drastic population losses with no signs of recovery and has been classified as a critically ... -
Assessing congruence of opportunistic records and systematic surveys for predicting Hispaniolan mammal species distributions
(2020)Comparative assessment of the relative information content of different independent spatial data types is necessary to evaluate whether they provide congruent biogeographic signals for predicting species ranges. Opportunistic ... -
Assessing conservation status of resident and migrant birds on Hispaniola with mist-netting
(2016)We analyzed temporal trends in mist-net capture rates of resident (n = 8) and overwintering Nearctic-Neotropical migrant (n = 3) bird species at two sites in montane broadleaf forest of the Sierra de Bahoruco, Dominican ... -
Assessing Magnoliaceae through time : major global efforts to track extinction risk status and ex situ conservation
(2023)Comprehensive Red List assessments act as valuable resources for informing protected area designations, national protected species legislation and action strategies, and international biodiversity agreements, yet they are ... -
Assessing population structure of Diadema antillarum in a shallow reef of the southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic
(2021)[English] The sea urchin Diadema antillarum is an herbivore that plays an important ecological role in controlling benthic community structure in Caribbean reefs. After the mass mortality documented between 1982-1983, their ... -
Assessing seed desiccation responses of native trees in the Caribbean
(2020)Native trees from the Caribbean were tested for seed desiccation responses, by adapting the “100-seed test” protocol. Ninety-seven seed lots of 91 species were collected in the Dominican Republic and tested for germination ... -
Assessing the efficacy of direct conservation interventions : clutch protection of the leatherback marine turtle in the Dominican Republic
(2015)The beaches of Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic are the country's last known major nesting site for the leatherback marine turtle Dermochelys coriacea. This nesting aggregation is threatened by widespread ... -
Assessment of soil heavy metal pollution and the ecological risk in an agricultural area from Sánchez Ramírez province, Dominican Republic
(2024)Heavy metal pollution in agricultural soils is one of the main problems in agricultural production worldwide, which threatens human health and the environment. To evaluate the pollution levels of heavy metals and the ... -
Assisted coral reproduction in the Dominican Republic : a successful story to replicate in the Caribbean
(2021)Coral assisted fertilization, larval rearing and recruit propagation success in significant ecological scales, largely depend on scaling up and replicating these efforts in as many regions as possible. The Dominican ... -
Assisted fertilization of threatened Staghorn Coral to complement the restoration of nurseries in Southeastern Dominican Republic
(2018)Acropora cervicornis and Acropora palmata have declined dramatically in the Caribbean since the early 80’s, and are classified as Critically Endangered Species. To promote their recovery, restoration programs focusing on ... -
At a conservation crossroad : the Bahoruco-Jaragua-Enriquillo biosphere reserve in the Dominican Republic
(2021)This paper assesses the Dominican Republic’s willingness to pay (WTP) for a conservation, restoration, and sustainable development program for the Bahoruco-Jaragua-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve (RBJBE). Created in 2002, the ... -
Avances tecnológicos aplicados a la biotecnología vegetal en la República Dominicana
(2015)La flora en la República Dominicana ha sido etiquetada por muchos investigadores como una de la más variada en todas las Antillas. Existen 5,000 especies diferentes, de las cuales 2,000 son endémicas; 2,400 son nativos de ... -
Aventura científica del p. Julio Cicero, SJ
(2012)Publicación dedicada a la vida y aportes del padre Julio Cicero, SJ. Incluye una breve biografía y una relación de los trabajos científicos publicados de este reconocido biólogo de nacionalidad mexicana, con una notoria ... -
Avian community characteristics and demographics reveal how conservation value of regenerating tropical dry forest changes with forest age
(2018)Expansion of secondary forests following the abandonment of agriculture may have important implications for bird conservation, but few studies have examined the dynamics of this process. We studied bird use of a chronosequence ... -
Avian conservation planning in the Caribbean : experience and recommendations from the Dominican Republic
(2005)The Dominican Republic, on the island of Hispaniola, supports more bird species than any other Caribbean country except Cuba. More than 300 species of birds have been recorded in the country, including 285 native residents ... -
Avian distribution in Dominican shade coffee plantations : area and habitat relationships
(1999)Residents and wintering Nearctic migrants were sampled by point counts in 40 small to medium-sized (0 .07-8.65 ha) shade coffee plantations with an overstory of Inga vera in the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic. The ... -
Avian diversity, abundance, and conservation status in the Macaya Biosphere Reserve of Haiti
(2005)[English] We surveyed the montane forest bird community at two sites in the Macaya Biosphere Reserve, Haiti during 7 to 14 February 2004. We recorded 37 species of birds among 234 mist-net captures, 121 point count ... -
Avian research, monitoring, and conservation in the Dominican Republic
(2004)Abstract: I report on some of the recent and current research efforts in the Dominican Republic, including those of Joseph Wunderle on coffee plantations, Steven Latta on migratory birds, and Christopher Rimmer on Bicknell's ...