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Assessing population structure of Diadema antillarum in a shallow reef of the southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic
(2021)
[English] The sea urchin Diadema antillarum is an herbivore that plays an important ecological role in controlling benthic community structure in Caribbean reefs. After the mass mortality documented between 1982-1983, their ...
La okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L) Moench) un cultivo con potencial para la humanidad
(2019)
La okra o molondrón (Abelmoschus esculentus (L) Moench) es considerada un vegetal económicamente importante en países tropicales, subtropicales y otras partes del mundo. Esta planta tiene usos alimenticios y medicinales ...
Índices de sitio (IS) para la selección y fomento de especies forestales en República Dominicana
(2021)
El bosque dominicano ha sido degradado principalmente por actividades antrópicas. En su recuperación, se han plantado, con éxitos y fracasos, diferentes especies sin considerar factores determinantes claves como calidad ...
Avicularia rickwesti sp. nov., a remarkable new species of Avicularia (Theraphosidae: Aviculariinae) from Dominican Republic
(2013)
A remarkable new species of Avicularia Lamarck, 1818, Avicularia rickwesti sp. nov., is described from Dominican Republic. Female specimens of the new species are unusual by having two very short and broad spermathecae ...
Interacciones del solenodonte con otros animales
(2011)
Entre 2004 y 2009 se realizaron viajes de campo y entrevistas a informantes clave para documentar la distribución del soledononte y la jutía de la Española en la Reserva de la Biosfera Jaragua-BahorucoEnriquillo (República ...
Cities may save some threatened species but not their ecological functions
(2018)
Urbanization is one of the main causes of biodiversity loss worldwide. Wildlife responses to urbanization, however, are greatly variable and, paradoxically, some threatened species may achieve much larger populations in ...
Natural history notes on the Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus)
(2010)
Abstract: We present natural history data on a Bahamas and Greater Antilles endemic, the Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus), based on published reports and our personal observations.
Communities and stakeholders in marine protected areas in the Caribbean
(2006)
This chapter on communities and stakeholders in marine protected areas (MPAs) presents the results of research into Caribbean coastal resource management from an ethnographic and a pan-Caribbean perspective. Three case ...
On the relationship among birds and Trema micrantha in montane forests of Hispaniola
(2018)
[English] Avian frugivores are of great interest to ecologists because they play an important role in ecosystem functioning, and can serve as important components in habitat restoration. In the Neotropics, observational ...
Áreas protegidas y turismo : estrategias para el desarrollo en Puerto Plata, República Dominicana
(2017)
La actividad turística forma parte de los principales sectores económicos para República Dominicana. Este país posee 123 áreas protegidas reconocidas por el Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales. La provincia ...