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Using the past to contextualize anthropogenic impacts on the present and future distribution of an endemic Caribbean mammal
(2019)
Island species are difficult to conserve because they face the synergy of climate change, invasive species, deforestation, and increasing human population densities in areas where land mass is shrinking. The Caribbean ...
Holocene climate and environmental history of Laguna Saladilla, Dominican Republic
(2011)
Stratigraphic analyses of lacustrine sediments provide powerful tools for reconstructing past environments. The records that result from these analyses are key to understanding present-day climate mechanisms and how the ...
Columbus’ environmental impact in the New World : land use change in the Yaque River valley, Dominican Republic
(2018)
Columbus’ arrival in the New World in AD 1492 on the northern coast of Hispaniola was followed by a suite of changes in land-use. We reconstruct environmental change from a 225-cm-long sediment core from site Los Indios ...
Past and present of insular Caribbean mammals : understanding Holocene extinctions to inform modern biodiversity conservation
(2017)
[English] Of the 116 mammal species present in the Greater Antilles at the start of the Holocene Epoch, only 56 now survive, with more extensive species losses (~80%) in native lineages of sloths, shrews, rodents, and ...
Reporte de Investigación del Programa EcoMar
(2014)
Publicación periódica del Programa EcoMar, Inc., una institución científica y educativa dominicana, constituida en 2001, que desarrolla proyectos de investigación en educación y gestión ambiental, pesquerías, ecología y ...
Virola dominicana sp. nov.(Myristicaceae) from Dominican amber
(2013)
[English] The Myristicaceae is a member of the early diverging angiosperm order Magnoliales; however, the family is poorly represented by fossil collections. We describe Virola dominicana sp. nov. (Myristicaceae), the first ...
Successful enhancement of Ridgway's Hawk populations through recruitment of translocated birds
(2017)
[English] Survival and recruitment estimates are important for predicting population viability and the efficacy of translocations. This information requires intensive monitoring postrelease, which is often economically or ...
Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and reptiles
(2019)
To facilitate biological study we define “Caribbean Islands” as a biogeographic region that includes the Antilles, the Bahamas, and islands bordering Central and South America separated from mainland areas by at least 20 ...
Discovery of the bee genus Perdita in the West Indies (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) : a new species from Isla Cabritos in the Dominican Republic
(2012)
The bee genus Perdita Smith, 1853 (Panurginae) is recorded from the West Indies based on the new species, Perdita (Perdita) islacabritosensis sp. nov. from Isla Cabritos, a xeric island within salty Lago Enriquillo in the ...
Reefs at risk revisited
(2011)
This report provides a detailed assessment of the status of and threats to the world's coral reefs. It evaluates threats to coral reefs from a wide range of human activities, and includes an assessment of climate-related ...