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James Bond (1900–1989) — U.S. ornithologist — and his network of contributors to the avifauna of the West Indies
(2022)Abstract: James Bond, the well-known author of the field guide Birds of the West Indies, published numerous scientific papers on Caribbean avifauna that are based on decades of field research and involved numerous regional ... -
James W. Wiley, 1943–2018 : In memoriam
(2019)The authors of the article point out that James W. Wiley' s most outstanding achievements over his long career were: (1) his success in promoting effective recovery of the severely endangered Puerto Rican Parrot; (2) his ... -
El Jardín Botánico Nacional Dr. Rafael M. Moscoso pierde a un científico ilustre
(2022)Los editores de la revista Moscosoa, al publicarse el volumen 21, informan a la comunidad científica en sentido general su pesar por la irreparable pérdida que ha significado para nuestro Jardín Botánico el fallecimiento ... -
José de Jesús Jiménez Almonte : destacado médico, naturalista y botánico, 1905-1982
(2015)El Jardín Botánico Nacional se honra al dedicar este volumen XIX de su revista científica Moscosoa, al cumplirse 33 años del sentido fallecimiento de José de Jesús Jiménez Almonte, destacado médico, naturalista y botánico ... -
Karpós : colección de frutos de la isla de Santo Domingo
(2009)La labor investigativa del autor consistió en una revisión pormenorizada de la carpoteca del herbario del Jardín Botánico Nacional y la consulta y validación de la bibliografía existente sobre la flora de la isla Española. ... -
Key to species of the genus Cryptorhopalum (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) occurring in the Greater Antilles with description of six new species from Hispaniola
(2013)Background: The genus Cryptorhopalum, is in the subfamily Megatominae. It is relatively speciose within family Dermestidae and currently contains ca. 149 valid taxa. Most of the species are found in the Neotropical and ... -
Knowledge, attitudes, and intentions of biosolids use in agriculture : perspective from the agricultural managers of the Dominican Republic
(2023)Biosolids have benefits for soil and crop production and contribute to sustainable development. The use of biosolids in agriculture holds great potential for enhancing the economic development of rural communities. This ... -
Korean experimentation of knowledge and technology transfer to address climate change in developing countries
(2018)This paper explores two Korean cases of Knowledge and Technology Transfer (KTT) to address climate change in developing countries. The target technologies were carbon capture and utilization (CCU) in a project in Bantayan ... -
Las lagunas como recursos naturales : Laguna Saladilla y Salada
(1977)Se describen los estudios realizados por el Parque Zoológico Nacional (República Dominicana) sobre hábitats de la fauna local, hábitats acuáticos, hábitat de montaña. Se expone la investigación realizada en las lagunas ... -
Lake sediment-based reconstructions of Late-Holocene lowland environments of Dominican Republic and Barbuda, northern Caribbean
(2018)This dissertation explores the long-term environmental history of two northern Caribbean sites through sediment core analysis. At Laguna Alejandro (Dominican Republic), sediment and isotope data reveal ten storm events ... -
Land use - Handbook of the Anthropocene in Latin America I
(2024)Socio-ecological conflicts about land use in Latin America are complex: they involve various actors and flare up due to the dynamics of colonization, spatial appropriation, and the commodification of land. This volume of ... -
Last endemic mammals in Hispaniola
(1981)After searching many remote regions in the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, the author discovered that the island's last two endemic mammals, formerly believed to be rare, are in fact common in some areas. But human pressures ... -
Last search for the Jamaican Golden Swallow (Tachycineta e. euchrysea)
(2017)Abstract: The Golden Swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea) is an aerial insectivore and obligate secondary cavity nester endemic to the Caribbean islands of Jamaica and Hispaniola. The declining Hispaniolan subspecies (T. e. ... -
Late-Holocene environmental history in the northeastern Caribbean : multi-proxy evidence from two small lakes on the southern slope of the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic
(2007)This dissertation presents multi-proxy evidence of paleoenvironmental change preserved in sediment records recovered from two lakes on the southern (Caribbean) slope of the Cordillera Central in the Dominican Republic: ... -
Lectotipificacion de especies de Chionanthus y Forestiera (Oleaceae) de La Española
(2010)En el año 2005, durante una estancia en el Museo Botánico de Berlín Dahlem (B), mientras se revisaba la familia Oleaceae para la Flora de la República de Cuba se revisaron especímenes históricos de especies de Chionanthus ... -
Legal, political, and social reflections on the Dominican environmental framework
(2018)These reflections involve several intertwined issues such as climate change, environmental assessments, sustainable development, the environment, and ecosystems, among others, in the Dominican Republic. At the same time, ... -
Let's wait for the evening : nocturnal copulation in a tropical damselfly Phylolestes ethelae (Odonata, Synlestidae)
(2024)Sexual selection is one of the main causes of the diversity of reproductive behaviours observed intra- and interspecifically. Here we study the reproductive behaviour of a unique species, Phylolestes ethelae, the only ... -
Life-stage and sex influence Philornis ectoparasitism in a Neotropical woodpecker Melanerpes striatus with essential male parental care
(2023)The nestlings of many Neotropical bird species suffer from Philornis (Diptera: Muscidae) ectoparasitism. Although nestlings are typically considered the intended targets, recent work indicates that Philornis infest adult ... -
Limia mandibularis, a new livebearing fish (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) from Lake Miragoane, Haiti
(2020)Limia mandibularis, a new livebearing fish of the family Poeciliidae is described from Lake Miragoane in southwestern Haiti on Hispaniola. The new species differs from all other species in the genus Limia by the presence ...
