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Status of Caribbean forest endemics special issue : editors' foreword
(2017)
The high degree of avian endemism in the Caribbean is arguably one of the most defining qualities of the region, and an irreplaceable part of its natural heritage. However, these Small Island Developing States (SIDS) face ...
James Bond (1900–1989) — U.S. ornithologist — and his network of contributors to the avifauna of the West Indies
(2022)
Abstract: James Bond, the well-known author of the field guide Birds of the West Indies, published numerous scientific papers on Caribbean avifauna that are based on decades of field research and involved numerous regional ...
Forest restoration in the Dominican Republic : how I got the birds to work for me
(2017)
Birds’ ability to fly long distances and visit a variety of habitats in a relatively short period of time makes them great seed dispersers from the perspective of the plant, and these two groups have evolved a mutualism ...
Birdy hear, birdy do : Does playback attract seed dispersers to restoration sites?
(2020)
One aspect of the author's studies has been the community-level analysis at our sites in the central Dominican Republic in an attempt to fully document all feeding/dispersal relationships between all of the bird and plant ...
Influencia del arbolado en la habitabilidad térmica urbana en clima cálido húmedo, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
(2022)
En la actualidad la ciudad de Santo Domingo está viviendo un alto nivel de disconfort térmico urbano generando espacios carentes de uso debido al aumento de las temperaturas, afectando directamente la habitabilidad urbana. ...
New population of critically endangered raptor discovered in Haiti
(2021)
Since the last recorded sighting in 1962, Ridgway’s Hawk was unknown from Haiti and was presumed extirpated. But, in August 2019, colleagues from the Haitian conservation organization, JACSEH (Jeunes en Action Pour la ...
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
El oro de los sulfuros de Pueblo Viejo : posición de la Academia de Ciencias en relación al contrato de la Barrick Gold
(2011)
Este proyecto, de explotación minera sulfurosa a cielo abierto, potencialmente afectaría un área protegida, afectaría los ríos Yuna, Maguaca y Margajita, deforestaría parte importante de las cuencas hidrográficas de estos ...
Lista Roja y extinciones : la foca monje
(2011)
La foca monje del Caribe fue formalmente declarada extinta en 1996, en la Lista Roja de Animales Amenazados de la UICN. La última vez que se vio fue en 1952, en el Banco Seranilla, entre Jamaica y Honduras, donde se sabía ...
Estudio de caso : vulnerabilidad del país ante los ciclones tropicales
(2011)
Consideraciones sobre la susceptibilidad del territorio de la República Dominicana a los ciclones tropicales: caso de la tormenta Noel.