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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 ...
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 ...
Climate change 2022 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability
(2022)
The Working Group II contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides a comprehensive assessment of the scientific literature relevant to climate change impacts, ...
At a conservation crossroad : the Bahoruco-Jaragua-Enriquillo biosphere reserve in the Dominican Republic
(2021)
This paper assesses the Dominican Republic’s willingness to pay (WTP) for a conservation, restoration, and sustainable development program for the Bahoruco-Jaragua-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve (RBJBE). Created in 2002, the ...
Assisted coral reproduction in the Dominican Republic : a successful story to replicate in the Caribbean
(2021)
Coral assisted fertilization, larval rearing and recruit propagation success in significant ecological scales, largely depend on scaling up and replicating these efforts in as many regions as possible. The Dominican ...
Urban forest sustainability in residential areas in the city of Santo Domingo
(2021)
Cities are territories vulnerable to climate change. An alternative to increase resilience and mitigate the effects of the climate context is urban forest planning to increase ecosystem services. This research constructed ...
Santé des récifs coralliens en République d’Haïti : rapport 2020 et 2021 = Coral reef health in the Republic of Haiti : report 2020 and 2021
(2022)
[Français] Le Réseau Mondial de Surveillance des Récifs (GCRMN) a élaboré des directives pour la surveillance des récifs coralliens dans les Caraïbes, afin de mesurer ces facteurs clés de la santé de ces derniers, dans le ...
Salud de los arrecifes de coral en la República Dominicana : reporte 2020 y 2021 = Coral reef health in the Dominican Republic : report 2020 and 2021
(2022)
[Español] El presente estudio, realizado durante octubre del 2021, aporta datos e información actualizada sobre el estado de diversas áreas de arrecifes de coral a lo largo de la costa de la República Dominicana. Las áreas ...
Plant community associations with morpho-topographic, geological and land use attributes in a semi-deciduous tropical forest of the Dominican Republic
(2021)
Despite being increasingly threatened by human-induced disturbances, dry forests remain the least studied and protected forest types in the Caribbean region. In contrast to many other forest systems in the world, we have ...
Genetic diversity and reproductive biology of two species of Vaccinium (Ericaceae) in the Dominican Republic
(2021)
Vaccinium ekmanii Berazain (Ericaceae) is an endemic species from the Dominican Republic whose habitat is particularly vulnerable to human activities due to their proximity to developed areas. Its related species, V. ...