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Estudio de germinación de Salcedoa mirabaliarum Jiménez F. & Katinas L. (Asteraceae), especie endémica de la República Dominicana en peligro de extinción
(2015)
Este trabajo evalúa la capacidad de propagación por semillas de Salcedoa mirabaliarum (Asteraceae), un arbolito endémico de la Cordillera Septentrional, en la provincia Hermanas Mirabal. La especie es considerada en peligro ...
Osteopilus pulchrilineatus, Hispaniolan Yellow Treefrog
(2013)
Artículo que resume los resultados de una evaluación sobre el estado de conservación de la Rana Arborícola Amarilla de la Hispaniola (Osteopilus pulchrilineatus) publicado en la «Lista Roja de Especies Amenazadas» de la ...
Using the past to contextualize anthropogenic impacts on the present and future distribution of an endemic Caribbean mammal
(2019)
Island species are difficult to conserve because they face the synergy of climate change, invasive species, deforestation, and increasing human population densities in areas where land mass is shrinking. The Caribbean ...
Columbus’ environmental impact in the New World : land use change in the Yaque River valley, Dominican Republic
(2018)
Columbus’ arrival in the New World in AD 1492 on the northern coast of Hispaniola was followed by a suite of changes in land-use. We reconstruct environmental change from a 225-cm-long sediment core from site Los Indios ...
Past and present of insular Caribbean mammals : understanding Holocene extinctions to inform modern biodiversity conservation
(2017)
[English] Of the 116 mammal species present in the Greater Antilles at the start of the Holocene Epoch, only 56 now survive, with more extensive species losses (~80%) in native lineages of sloths, shrews, rodents, and ...
Virola dominicana sp. nov.(Myristicaceae) from Dominican amber
(2013)
[English] The Myristicaceae is a member of the early diverging angiosperm order Magnoliales; however, the family is poorly represented by fossil collections. We describe Virola dominicana sp. nov. (Myristicaceae), the first ...
Successful enhancement of Ridgway's Hawk populations through recruitment of translocated birds
(2017)
[English] Survival and recruitment estimates are important for predicting population viability and the efficacy of translocations. This information requires intensive monitoring postrelease, which is often economically or ...
pH, aluminio y factores ambientales en suelos bajo bosques de la cordillera Central, República Dominicana
(2015)
Se analizaron datos químicos de 36 secciones de suelos bajo bosques naturales en la cordillera Central dominicana, 20 de ellas ubicadas en interfluvios y las 16 restantes en ambientes ribereños. En los interfluvios predominan ...
Insights from a new high-resolution drought atlas for the Caribbean spanning 1950–2016
(2017)
Climate change is expected to increase the severity and frequency of drought in the Caribbean. Understanding drought variability and its trends is therefore critical for improving resiliency and adaptation capacity of this ...
Exacerbation of the 2013–2016 Pan-Caribbean drought by anthropogenic warming
(2018)
The Caribbean islands are expected to see more frequent and severe droughts from reduced precipitation and increased evaporative demand due to anthropogenic climate change. Between 2013 and 2016, the Caribbean experienced ...