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The Caribbean Magnolia species (Magnoliaceae) : assessment of the genetic diversity and the underlying evolutionary history
(2020)
This PhD thesis discusses the importance of conserving the genus Magnolia, particularly in the Americas, where most of the diversity of the genus is found. Magnolia trees provide a range of services, including cultural ...
Eco innovación y tecnología en el sector de la energía en la República Dominicana
(2020)
La energía para el desarrollo y crecimiento de cualquier país juega un importante papel, en tanto que insumo de primera mano para lograr la transformación de bienes y servicios en el mundo actual. A partir de los hallazgos ...
Results of the contingent valuation to estimate the environmental impacts caused by rock-ash discharge
(2020)
[English] This paper shows the results of a contingent valuation exercise carried out to assess the environmental impacts caused by the disposal of 56,000 tons of rock ash in the Dominican Republic in 2003 and 2004. In ...
Composición y diversidad de avispas Agaonidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) en tres especies de Ficus L. (Moraceae) del Parque Mirador Sur en Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
(2020)
[Español] Se determinó la composición y diversidad de avispas en tres especies de Ficus (Moraceae) en el Parque Mirador Sur, un área verde de la ciudad de Santo Domingo, en los meses de mayo a julio 2014.
Nuevos registros de Thaloe ennery Brescovit, 1993, y Thaloe leboulet Brescovit & Oliveira, 2019 (Araneae: Anyphaenidae) de República Dominicana
(2020)
[English] The Hispaniola endemic species Thaloe ennery Brescovit and Thaloe leboulet Brescovit & Oliveira, previously known from Haiti, are found for the first time in Dominican Republic. Eleven male specimens of T. ennery ...
Phytosociological study, diversity and conservation status of the cloud forest in the Dominican Republic
(2020)
The study of the forest in rainy environments of the Dominican Republic reveals the presence of four types of vegetation formations, clearly differentiated from each other in terms of their floristic and biogeographical ...
Habitat modelling locates nesting areas of the endangered Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata on Hispaniola and identifies habitat loss
(2020)
[English] The Black-capped Petrel or Diablotin Pterodroma hasitata has a fragmented and declining population estimated at c.1,000 breeding pairs. On land, the species nests underground in steep ravines with dense understorey ...
Assessing and genotyping threatened staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis nurseries during restoration in southeast Dominican Republic
(2020)
Acropora cervicornis is a structurally and functionally important Caribbean coral species. Since the 1980s, it has suffered drastic population losses with no signs of recovery and has been classified as a critically ...
Changing ecosystems and their services
(2020)
[English] Changing Ecosystems and their Services provides a very interesting account of the frontiers of biodiversity and ecological research. It consists of seven chapters covering mass extinctions: the "Big Five" and ...
Pautas para integrar la vulnerabilidad climática en los planes regionales de ordenamiento territorial en República Dominicana
(2020)
[Español] Se ofrecen pautas para integrar la vulnerabilidad climática en el diagnóstico territorial del Plan Regional de Ordenamiento y Desarrollo Territorial a través de un ejercicio de superposición de capas que relaciona ...