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The herpetogeography of Hispaniola, West Indies
(1980)
The modern West Indian island of Hispaniola is in actuality a fusion of two formerly separate islands, each of which presumably supported a distinctive herpetofauna. With the union of these two paleoislands, there has been ...
La contaminación ambiental : peligro que nos amenaza a todos
(1983)
Texto de la charla ofrecida por el Dr. Jaime A. Viñas Román, rector de la Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (República Dominicana), en el Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, refriéndose al peligro de la contaminación ...
Mujer, medio ambiente y sociedad
(1988)
Desde una perspectiva de los estudios de género en la República Dominicana, la autora de este trabajo establece un nexo entre el rol de la mujer en la sociedad y la lucha por el medio ambiente, ya que la destrucción ecológica ...
On the diet of the boa Epicrates striatus on Hispaniola, with notes on E. fordi and E. gracilis
(1987)
The stomach contents of 214 specimens of Hispaniolan Epicrates (Serpentes: Boidae) were examined for prey remains...The diet of E. striatus would have gradually shifted from native to introduced mammals, and by the early ...
Systematic review of the Antillean bats of the Natalus micropus-complex (Chiroptera: Natalidae)
(1982)
Nongeographic and geographic morphometric variation in Antillean populations of bats of the Natalus micropus-complex were analyzed using univariate and multivariate statistical techniques.
Disposición de residuos cianurados y contaminación hidrológica ambiental en zonas aledañas a la planta aurífera de Pueblo Viejo
(1981)
Este artículo analiza la disposición de residuos cianurados y contaminacion hidrologica ambiental en zonas aledañas a la planta aurífera de pueblo viejo, República Dominicana. La investigación toma en cuenta los aspectos ...
Endemic rodents of the West Indies : the end of a splendid isolation
(1989)
The objective of this paper is to summarize the status of endangered, vulnerable, or rare rodents in the Middle American Region. This region includes Mexico, all of Central America south to the Colombian border, and the ...
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 ...
Breeding season ecology and behavior of Ridgway's Hawk (Buteo ridgwayi)
(1981)
Ridgway's Hawk (Buteo ridgwayi) is endemic to Hispaniola and its satellites, where it occurs in a wide variety of habitats. We studied this hawk in the wet limestone karst forest of the Dominican Republic between January ...
Hispaniolan giant Diploglossus (Sauria: Anguidae): description of a new species and notes on the ecology of D. warreni
(1985)
A third giant species of Diploglossus,D. carraui, is described from north-central República Dominicana. Comparisons between this species and D. warrenifrom Haiti and D. anelpistusfrom south-central República Dominicana are ...