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Forest fires in the insular Caribbean
(2008)
This paper presents a summary of the forest fire reports in the insular Caribbean derived from both management reports and an analysis of publicly available Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrodiometer (MODIS) satellite ...
Mourning dove nest on a Palmchat colony in urban Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
(2019)
We describe an observation of Zenaida macroura (Mourning Dove) nesting atop an active Dulus dominicus (Palmchat) nest in an urban park located in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. To our knowledge, ...
Urban-forest assessment in the Dominican Republic
(2019)
The world´s urbanization forecast shows that 60% of the human population will be living in cities by 2050 (United Nations et al. 2017). This growth will negatively impact natural forests surrounding urban areas and will ...
New species of Amanita from the Dominican Republica, Greater Antilles
(2001)
Three new species of Amanita are described from the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola. One of the new species is in subgenus Lepidella section Amidella and two are in subgenus Amanita. One of the latter two ...
Cytospora rhizophorae Kohlm. & E. Kohlm (Valsaceae, Ascomycota) en la República Dominicana
(2018)
[Español] Cytospora rhizophorae es un hongo patógeno y causa la muerte regresiva del mangle. Los cuerpos fructíferos son de color amarillo anaranjado, y requiere de una herida para infectar el huésped. Esta especie está ...
A comparison of two sampling strategies to assess discomycete diversity in wet tropical forests
(2004)
Most of the fungal diversity studies that have used a systematic collecting scheme have not included the discomycetes, so optimal sampling methods are not available for this group. In this study, I tested two sampling ...
Winter site fidelity of Nearctic migrants in shade coffee plantations of different sizes in the Dominican Republic
(2000)
We studied three Nearctic migrant species (American Redstart [Setophaga ruticilla], AMRE; Black-and-white Warbler [Mniotilta varia], BAWW; Black-throated Blue Warbler [Dendroica caerulescens ], BTBW) wintering in 14 isolated ...
Breeding behavior of the endangered Hispaniolan Crossbill (Loxia megaplaga)
(2002)
[English] The Hispaniolan White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera megaplaga), which is considered here as a full-species (Hispaniolan Crossbill, L. megaplaga), is endemic to Haiti and the Dominican Republic where it is ...
Fluctuación poblacional de Ips calligraphus en pinares de la vertiente norte de la cordillera Central, República Dominicana
(2022)
[Español]El coleóptero Ips calligraphus Germar se ha convertido en el principal problema fitosanitario forestal de los pinares naturales y plantados en República Dominicana. Infestaciones históricas han sido importantes ...
Primer registro de la familia Ptiliidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea) para la fauna viviente de la Hispaniola
(2022)
[Español] Se registra por primera vez la familia Ptiliidae (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea) para la fauna viviente de la Hispaniola a partir de ejemplares colectados en hojarasca proveniente del Parque Mirador ...