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Influence of climatic factors on Sargassum arrivals to the coasts of the Dominican Republic
(2019)
Since 2011, the coasts of North America, Mexico, and the Caribbean have experienced an unusual increase in the arrival of Sargassum. A large amount of Sargassum has caused significant economic losses in the tourism sector ...
The impact of habitat quality inside protected areas on distribution of the Dominican Republic’s last endemic non-volant land mammals
(2019)
The Hispaniolan solenodon, Solenodon paradoxus, and Hispaniolan hutia, Plagiodontia aedium, are the Dominican Republic’s only surviving endemic non-volant land mammals, and are high priorities for conservation. The country ...
Consideraciones sobre cambio climático y ordenamiento territorial en República Dominicana
(2013)
Se discuten algunos criterios básicos para integrar el componente de cambio climático en la planificación territorial bajo el concepto de plan de ordenamiento territorial integrado al clima (POTIC). Este plan debe considerar ...
Avances tecnológicos aplicados a la biotecnología vegetal en la República Dominicana
(2015)
La flora en la República Dominicana ha sido etiquetada por muchos investigadores como una de la más variada en todas las Antillas. Existen 5,000 especies diferentes, de las cuales 2,000 son endémicas; 2,400 son nativos de ...
Solenodon genome reveals convergent evolution of venom in eulipotyphlan mammals
(2019)
Venom systems are key adaptations that have evolved throughout the tree of life and typically facilitate predation or defense. Despite venoms being model systems for studying a variety of evolutionary and physiological ...
Phylogenetic analyses of novel squamate adenovirus sequences in wild-caught Anolis lizards
(2013)
Adenovirus infection has emerged as a serious threat to the health of captive snakes and lizards (i.e., squamates), but we know relatively little about this virus' range of possible hosts, pathogenicity, modes of transmission, ...
Bot meets whale: best practices for mitigating negative interactions between marine mammals and microROVs
(2019)
To better understand the potential risks and to establish an anticipatory framework to minimize negative interactions between MicroROV operators and marine mammals, we, a group of six experts in microROVs and/or marine ...
Food habits of the endemic ashy-faced owl (Tyto glaucops) and recently arrived barn owl (T. alba) in Hispaniola
(2010)
The Ashy-faced Owl (Tyto glaucops) is endemic to Hispaniola, where the Barn Owl (T. alba) became established after ca. 1950. I examined 8322 vertebrate prey of the two species, using regurgitated pellets and prey remains ...
Diving for monkeys
(2012)
From deep in the pools of Caribbean caves, CUNY Graduate Center anthropologists retrieve the remains of a long extinct primate and other prize fossils
Meteorological, agricultural and hydrological drought in the Dominican Republic : a review
(2018)
In Dominican Republic, the impacts of the meteorological, agricultural and hydrological drought have been intensified in recent years due to the effect of ENSO and climate change, putting at risk agricultural and livestock ...