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The Abundance of fishes in shallow, algal/seagrass habitats in the waters surrounding Parque Nacional del Este, Dominican Republic
(2004)
No information exists on the fish fauna in the shallow, algal/seagrass habitat surrounding Parque Nacional deł Este, Dominican Republic. In order to assess the current status offish populations near the park, 63 two-minutes ...
Status of Caribbean coral reefs after bleaching and hurricanes in 2005
(2008)
The most extreme coral bleaching and mortality event to hit the Wider Caribbean (including Atlantic) coral reefs occurred in 2005. This was during the warmest year ever recorded, eclipsing the 9 warmest years that had ...
Heavy metal pollution assessment in the agricultural soils of Bonao, Dominican Republic
(2023)
Heavy metal content in agricultural soils potentially impacts the food chain and human health. The present study assessed the levels of heavy metals in topsoil samples collected within an agricultural region situated in ...
Spatial segregation between phenotypes of the diablotin Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata during the non-breeding period
(2023)
Despite growing support for ecosystem-based approaches, conservation is mostly implemented at the species level. However, genetic differentiation exists within this taxonomic level, putting genetically distinct populations ...
A preliminary report of ongoing research of the ecology of Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata) in Sierra de Bahoruco, Dominican Republic – I: GPS tracking of breeding adults
(2019)
In the spring of 2018, we studied the foraging ecology of the Black-capped Petrel. The goal of this project was to gather fine-scale data on individual movements of Black-capped Petrels breeding in the Sierra de Bahoruco, ...
Pre-breeding behavior of Ridgway’s Hawks (Buteo ridgwayi) in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
(2023)
Abstract: Recent conservation work by The Peregrine Fund has established a translocated population of the Critically Endangered Ridgway’s Hawk (Buteo ridgwayi) in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Although Ridgway’s Hawk has ...
Diversidad, composición y estructura del bosque ribereño del río Nagua en la Reserva Científica Loma Quita Espuela, República Dominicana
(2023)
Contexto: Los bosques ribereños en la Reserva Científica Loma Quita Espuela se ven amenazados por actividades productivas que comprometen su equilibrio y función ecológica. A pesar de esto, son insuficientes los estudios ...
Primer registro de Trypoxylon mexicanum para la Hispaniola, Antillas Mayores (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Crabronidae)
(2007)
Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) mexicanum (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) pertenece al grupo albitarse, el cual incluye a las especies mayores del género. Su distribución nativa abarca América Central, desde México hasta Panamá. En ...
A new species of Caribbean toad (Bufonidae, Peltophryne) from southern Hispaniola
(2018)
Peltophryne armata sp. nov. is described from the South paleoisland of Hispaniola, West Indies. This is the only native toad species known to inhabit the Barahona Peninsula, Dominican Republic, in the southernmost part of ...
Evolutionary stasis and lability in thermal physiology in a group of tropical lizards
(2014)
Understanding how quickly physiological traits evolve is a topic of great interest, particularly in the context of how organisms can adapt in response to climate warming. Adjustment to novel thermal habitats may occur ...