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Five years of post-fire vegetation succession in a Caribbean cloud forest (Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic)
(2000)During the 5 years after a man made fire in a cloud forest of the Cordillera Central of the Dominican Republic, species composition, vegetation cover and height were monitored in a plot of 10×30 m. Forty-four of 92 tree ... -
La flora de la Española
(2000)Al redactar los ocho tomos de «La flora de la Española» (entre 1982 y 1996) el autor dejó dos familias sin estudiar por falta de datos. Gracias a la ayuda de dos especialistas, se redactó el volumen nueve de esta serie, ... -
Flora exótica y nativa del Valle de Constanza, provincia La Vega, República Dominicana
(2022)Se ofrecen informaciones generales del Valle de Constanza relativas a su ubicación geográfica, clima, hidrografía y suelos; su crecimiento poblacional, breve historia de las inmigraciones europeas asentadas, sobre la ... -
Flora y vegetación de la loma La Vigía, provincia de Azua, República Dominicana
(2022)Con el objetivo de determinar la composición florística, el estatus biogeográfico, los tipos biológicos y de vegetación, las especies amenazadas o en peligro de extinción; y documentar las actividades antrópicas que se ... -
Flow of economic benefits from coral reefs in a multi-use Caribbean marine protected area using network theory
(2021)Adaptation to changes in the delivery of ecosystem services while maintaining resilience of natural systems is one of the main challenges faced by multi-use marine protected areas (MPAs). To overcome this, it is crucial ... -
Fluctuación poblacional de Ips calligraphus en pinares de la vertiente norte de la cordillera Central, República Dominicana
(2022)[Español]El coleóptero Ips calligraphus Germar se ha convertido en el principal problema fitosanitario forestal de los pinares naturales y plantados en República Dominicana. Infestaciones históricas han sido importantes ... -
Food habits of the endemic ashy-faced owl (Tyto glaucops) and recently arrived barn owl (T. alba) in Hispaniola
(2010)The Ashy-faced Owl (Tyto glaucops) is endemic to Hispaniola, where the Barn Owl (T. alba) became established after ca. 1950. I examined 8322 vertebrate prey of the two species, using regurgitated pellets and prey remains ... -
Forest baseline and deforestation map of the Dominican Republic through the analysis of time series of MODIS data
(2015)Deforestation is one of the major threats to habitats in the Dominican Republic. In this work we present a forest baseline for the year 2000 and a deforestation map for the year 2011. Maps were derived from Moderate ... -
Forest change within and outside protected areas in the Dominican Republic, 2000-2016
(2019)[English] We used Landsat-based estimates of tree cover change to document the loss and gain of forest in the Dominican Republic between 2000 and 2016. Overall, 2,795 km2 of forest were lost, with forest gain occurring on ... -
Forest fires in the insular Caribbean
(2008)This paper presents a summary of the forest fire reports in the insular Caribbean derived from both management reports and an analysis of publicly available Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrodiometer (MODIS) satellite ... -
Forest loss and fire in the Dominican Republic during the 21st Century
(2019)[English] [Preprint] We used Landsat-based estimates of tree cover change to document the loss and gain of forest in the Dominican Republic between 2000 and 2016. Overall, 2,795 km 2 of forest were lost, with forest gain ... -
Forest restoration in the Dominican Republic : how I got the birds to work for me
(2017)Birds’ ability to fly long distances and visit a variety of habitats in a relatively short period of time makes them great seed dispersers from the perspective of the plant, and these two groups have evolved a mutualism ... -
Forests and landscapes of Dominican Republic
(2015)Aims: This, in conjunction with the diversity of the substrates and the fact that the island is home to the highest mountains in the Caribbean and with a high rate of endemic species, allows them to be differentiated into ... -
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 ... -
Free-swimming fauna associated with influxes of pelagic sargassum : implications for management and harvesting
(2023)Mass accumulations of pelagic sargassum (Sargassum natans and S. fluitans) in the Tropical Atlantic, across the Caribbean and off the coast of West Africa, are causing extensive ecological and socioeconomic harm. The ... -
Freshwater microcrustaceans of Hispaniola : new records and potential as biological control agents
(2024)[English] Some species of freshwater microcrustaceans have been widely used for biological control of mosquito larval populations. These zooplankton communities play an important role against some species of mosquitoes by ... -
Fuelwood and charcoal research in the Dominican Republic. Results of the Wood Fuel Development Program
(1988)This publication presents results of the first major forestry research effort in the Dominican Republic. Purdue University had the pleasure of collaborating in the effort with the Instituto Superior de Agricultura (ISA) ... -
Functional study of resistance and resilience in mangrove ecosystems in the Dominican Republic
(2022)[Español] En este estudio buscamos caracterizar los rasgos funcionales a nivel de comunidad para cuantificar la resiliencia y resistencia de los manglares y explorar la relación de los rasgos funcionales a nivel de comunidad ... -
Fungal Planet description sheets: 1284–1382
(2021)Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries, including the Dominican Republic. -
Fungus flora of the Dominican Republic. IX. Some unrecorded polyporoid, corticioid and clavarioid fungi
(2024)Two polyporoid (Heterobasidion irregulare, Perenniporia inflexibilis), two corticioid (Eichleriella tenuicula, Stecchericium seriatum) and five clavarioid (Clavulinopsis corniculata, Phaeoclavulina eumorpha, Phaeoclavulina ...