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The impact of tourism on rural livelihoods in the Dominican Republic's coastal areas
(2007)
Tourism has rapidly grown in the Dominican Republic in recent years. This paper evaluates the impact of tourism on rural livelihoods through a survey conducted in 23 coastal communities covering a range of tourism levels ...
Ancient differentiation in the single-island avian radiation of endemic Hispaniolan chat-tanagers (Aves: Calyptophilus)
(2007)
The simple geographic structure of island systems often makes them tractable for studies of the patterns and processes of biological diversification. The Calyptophilus chat-tanagers of Hispaniola are of general evolutionary ...
In-water surveys for sea turtles in two national parks of the Dominican Republic
(2007)
Since 1996, in-water sea turtle research in the Dominican Republic has been conducted exclusively in the area of Jaragua National Park in the southwestern part of the country. Beginning in 2005, ...
Datos sobre las ballenas jorobadas (Megaptera novaeangliae) de la Bahía de Samaná, República Dominicana
(2007)
Se presenta el modelaje batimétrico del área de observación de ballenas de la Bahía de Samaná como base descriptiva de la topografía submarina, resaltando accidentes topográficos como el Hueco de las Ballenas y el Banco ...
Las abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) de la Hispaniola, Antillas
(2007)
Se estudia la fauna actual de abejas de la Hispaniola y se compara con la fauna extinta hallada en el ámbar fósil. Se presenta una lista comentada de las especies actuales. Se ofrecen los siguientes registros nuevos para ...
Boletes from Belize and the Dominican Republic
(2007)
This paper presents results of surveys of stipitate-pileate Boletales in Belize and the Dominican Republic. A key to the Boletales from Belize and the Dominican Republic is provided, followed by descriptions, drawings of ...
Stenotarsus nigrivestis Shockley, a new epecies of Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) from the Dominican Republic
(2007)
A new species of endomychid, Stenotarsus nigrivestis Shockley, is described from the
Dominican Republic, representing the first description of a species of Stenotarsinae from the
West Indies. A summary of the known West ...
Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies website
(2007)
This website presents a checklist of the currently accepted scientific names of seed plants from the West Indies, including synonomy and distribution by island. The list also provides the common names used throughout the ...