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New records of assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) for the Dominican Republic
(2023)
[English] The Hispaniolan fauna of Reduviidae is only partially known, as it has never been the subject of a comprehensive taxonomic or faunistic inventory. These species belong to Neotropical genera that have Caribbean, ...
Observations of unusual behavior in two invasive carnivores in the Dominican Republic: arboreal foraging in the Small Indian Mongoose (Urva auropunctata) and semi-aquatic hunting in the Domestic Cat (Felis catus)
(2023)
[English] We report unusual foraging events in two of the most invasive terrestrial predators in the world that are well established in the Caribbean islands: the Small Indian Mongoose (Urva auropunctata), locally known ...
A new species of Proctolaelaps Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata: Melicharidae) from the Dominican Republic
(2023)
A new species, Proctolaelaps elcotoy Gómez-Moya & Martin, n. sp., is described from the Dominican Republic (in the Hispaniola Island), based on adult females and males collected from adults of Conotelus sp. (Coleoptera: ...
Preliminary report on the distribution and status of Cyclura ricordii along the southern shore of Lago Enriquillo
(2007)
Ricord’s Iguana (Cyclura ricordii) is endemic to Hispaniola, where it is one of two species of Rock Iguanas on the island. Ricord’s Iguana is critically endangered according to the current IUCN Red List. The population is ...
Conserving Cyclura ricordii 2007
(2008)
The recovery of C. ricordii is part of Grupo Jaragua’s program to conserve biodiversity in the biosphere reserve in the southwestern part of the Dominican Republic, thought to be one of the most diverse sites in the insular ...
Diversidad, estructura y composición de la flora vascular del campus de la Universidad ISA, Santiago, República Dominicana
(2020)
[Español] Se presenta la lista de especies, estructura y composición de la flora vascular del Campus de la Universidad ISA, Santiago, República Dominicana. La lista incluye el nombre científico, la familia botánica, la ...
Nuevo récord de Trametes hirsuta (Wulfen) Lloyd (Basidiomycota) en Refugio de Vida Silvestre Laguna Mallén, San Pedro de Macorís, República Dominicana
(2021)
[Español] Se reporta por primera vez la especie Trametes hirsuta sobre tronco de Hura crepitans L., en el Refugio de Vida Silvestre Laguna Mallén. T. hirsuta es un hongo fitopatógeno del orden de los polyporales que causa ...
Hongos del Monumento Natural Pico Diego de Ocampo: listado preliminar
(2021)
[Español] Los hongos constituyen un grupo de organismos de mucha importancia para mantener un ecosistema estable. Se ofrece un listado preliminar sobre la micobiota del Monumento Natural Pico Diego de Ocampo. Se reportan ...
A new distribution record and a previously undocumented color pattern of the Hispaniolan Yellow Tree Frog, Osteopilus pulchrilineatus (Hylidae), in the Dominican Republic
(2021)
This study documents a new locality record for the Hispaniolan Yellow Treefrog (Osteopilus pulchrilineatus) at Rancho de la Guardia, Hondo Valle, Elías Piña, Dominican Republic. A previously unrecorded coloration pattern ...
Effects of herbivory by the urchin Diadema antillarum on early restoration success of the coral Acropora cervicornis in the central Caribbean
(2020)
Herbivory is a key process well-known to maintain a coral-dominated state, and in the Caribbean Sea, the long-spine urchin Diadema antillarum is thought to aid coral success by removing algae from seafloor substrate that ...