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Analysis of the Pterocarpus officinalis forests in the Gran Estero (Dominican Republic)
(2009)
This paper deals with the geological, historical, bioclimatic and floristic aspects of the northern sector of the Caribbean-Atlantic Subprovince. By means of phytosociological vegetation samples, we focussed our attention ...
The habitats of Leptochloopsis virgata in the Dominican Republic
(2010)
This paper deals with the Leptochloopsis virgata esparto patches growing in the Dominican Republic. These communities thrive mostly in shaded areas, as happens in the southwest of the island and the Cibao valley, where ...
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 ...
Fire and forest in the highlands of the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic : modern dynamics and long-term history
(2003)
This dissertation investigates past and present environments of the highlands of the Dominican Republic using paleoecological and modem ecological techniques. The relatively unstudied highlands (\u3e2000 m) of the Cordillera ...
Distribution patterns of endemic flora to define hotspots on Hispaniola
(2016)
Nineteen areas on the island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) were studied with the aim of determining the distribution pattern of the endemic flora in these areas, and their variability with altitude. The ...
Advances in the knowledge of the vegetation of Hispaniola (Caribbean Central America)
(2018)
The vegetation types and floristic diversity in the Dominican Republic are analysed, a territory with a tropical climate and ombrotypes that range from dry to humid-hyperhumid, due to the Atlantic winds and the phenomenon ...
Establishment of biogeographic areas by distributing endemic flora and habitats (Dominican Republic, Haiti R.)
(2012)
Despite the large number of botanical studies conducted on the flora of the Island of Hispaniola, some of which adopted a floristic or physiognomical approach with a phytosociological methodology, only few have adopted ...
The 1932 expedition of David Fairchild to the Caribbean on board Utowana : botanizing in Beata, Saona, Trinidad, Tobago, and Tortola islands
(2022)
Research conducted in the Archive and Library of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, the U.S. National Archives, and the U.S. National Herbarium allowed us to reconstruct field work performed by David Fairchild (1869–1954) ...
An integrative study of species distribution modelling and conservation genetics : Magnolia in Hispaniola
(2021)
In this master’s dissertation, we aim to deliver insights regarding the distribution and genetic health (i.e. the amalgamation between genetic diversity, gene flow and geographic extent of a species and/or population) of ...
Conucos en barreras, Azua : entorno de vida para la subsistencia y el estudio etnobotánico : prácticas de cultivo: segunda parte
(2016)
[Español] El propósito de esta investigación es describir las prácticas de cultivo que utiliza el campesino de Barreras, Azua, República Dominicana. Se realizó utilizando la metodología propia de la investigación etnobotánica. ...