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Marine biodiversity in the Caribbean : regional estimates and distribution patterns
(2010)
This paper provides an analysis of the distribution patterns of marine biodiversity and summarizes the major activities of the Census of Marine Life program in the Caribbean region. The coastal Caribbean region is a large ...
Diseñando un plan de acción para el control y gestión de las invasiones del pez león (Pterois volitans) en la República Dominicana : un proceso participativo
(2013)
Se presenta una estructura general de un plan de acción para el control y manejo de las invasiones del pez león, Pterois volitans en la Republica Dominicana. El plan ha sido concebido con la participación de interesados ...
Caracterización del comercio de fauna acuática exótica en República Dominicana durante el período 2006-2010
(2010)
[Español] Se presentan los resultados de una revisión de los registros de exportación e importación de especies de peces exóticos hacia y desde Republica Dominicana y de los mecanismos regulatorios que caracterizan ese ...
Genetic patterns in Neotropical Magnolias (Magnoliaceae) using de novo developed microsatellite markers
(2019)
Conserving tree populations safeguards forests since they represent key elements of the ecosystem. The genetic characteristics underlying the evolutionary success of the tree growth form: high genetic diversity, extensive ...
The Red List of Magnoliaceae : revised and extended
(2016)
The Red List of Magnoliaceae aims to stimulate conservation action for Magnolia species under threat. The Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) and the Global Trees campaign work with botanic gardens and other ...
Mangrove deforestation in the Dominican Republic, 1969 to 2012
(2013)
The twin objectives of this study are to refine our understanding of the changes in mangrove area in the Dominican Republic over the period of rapid tourist expansion and to assess if mangrove forests in tourist locations ...
The Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) from late Quaternary underwater cave deposits in the Dominican Republic
(2018)
Late Quaternary fossils representing a locally extinct population of the Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) are reported from two underwater caves in the Dominican Republic. A large fossil sample of C. rhombifer, from ...
Revision of the Drosophila bromeliae species group (Diptera, Drosophilidae) : Central American, Caribbean, and Andean species
(2016)
Species in the Drosophila bromeliae group visit flowers, where most or all of the species probably breed. They are not collected in significant numbers. The group has thus far included five Neotropical species: aguape Val ...
Fossil land tortoises (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Dominican Republic, West Indies, with a description of a new species
(2018)
A new fossil tortoise, Chelonoidis dominicensis, is described from a flooded cave in La Altagracia Province in the southeastern Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola. The holotype, and only known specimen, includes ...
Nocturnal flowering and pollination of a rare Caribbean sage, Salvia arborescens (Lamiaceae)
(2016)
The phenology, floral biology and pollination ecology of Salvia arborescens Urb. & Ekman (Lamiaceae) are reported, based on field and garden observations. The flowers of S. arborescens are white, fragrant and rich in nectar. ...