Browsing Investigación ambiental by Author "Arendt, Wayne J."
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Colonization of Hispaniola by Margarops fuscatus Vieillot (Pearly-eyed Thrasher)
Arendt, Wayne J.; Paulino, María M.; Paulino, Luis R.; Tórrez, Marvin A.; Lane, Oksana P. (2019)Margarops fuscatus (Pearly-eyed Thrasher) is the Caribbean’s premier avian supertramp. Concurrent with urban development, it continues to expand its geographical and habitat range throughout the region, especially in the ... -
Exploring the relationships between tree canopy cover and socioeconomic characteristics in tropical urban systems : the case of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Martinuzzi, Sebastian; Locke, Dexter H.; Ramos-González, Olga; Sánchez, Monika; Grove, Morgan; Muñoz-Erickson, Tischa A.; Arendt, Wayne J.; Bauer, Gerald (2021)Understanding the distribution of urban tree canopy cover and its relationship with socioeconomic characteristics is critical for informing urban planning and ecological research. However, most knowledge on this topic comes ... -
Mourning dove nest on a Palmchat colony in urban Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Lerman, Susannah B.; King, David I; Arendt, Wayne J.; Paulino, María M.; Paulino, Luis R. (2019)We describe an observation of Zenaida macroura (Mourning Dove) nesting atop an active Dulus dominicus (Palmchat) nest in an urban park located in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. To our knowledge, ... -
Range expansion of the Shiny Cowbird in the Dominican Republic
Arendt, Wayne J.; Vargas Mora, Tomás A. (1984)Post and Wiley (1977a) have reviewed the spread of the Shiny Cowbird (Molothrusb onariensisw) within the last 100 years from northern South America through the Lesser Antilles and into the Greater Antilles as far west as ... -
Review : The birds of Hispaniola : Haiti and the Dominican Republic
Arendt, Wayne J. (2005)The following critiques express the opinions of the individual evaluator regarding the strengths, weaknesses, and value of the book they review. As such, the appraisals are subjective assessments and do not necessarily ... -
A social-ecological approach to studying variation in urban trees and ecosystem services in the National Municipal District of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Meléndez-Ackerman, Elvia J.; Pérez, Mervin E.; Pou Espinal, Ana B.; Caballero, Claudia; Cortés, Leonardo; Bonilla-Duarte, Solhanlle; Bauer, Gerald; Martínez Guridy, José M.; Arendt, Wayne J.; Nowak, David J. (2022)[English] Maintaining a diverse urban forest that provides ecosystem services can promote urban sustainability and resilience to environmental change. Around the world, cities have taken to inventorying their urban trees ... -
Urban-forest assessment in the Dominican Republic
Pérez, Mervin E.; Meléndez-Ackerman, Elvia; Bonilla-Duarte, Solhanlle; Bauer, Gerald; Volcán, Mirel; Pou, Ana; Caballero, Claudia; Cortés, Leonardo; Arendt, Wayne J.; Muñoz, Tischa A.; Nowak, David (2019)The world´s urbanization forecast shows that 60% of the human population will be living in cities by 2050 (United Nations et al. 2017). This growth will negatively impact natural forests surrounding urban areas and will ...