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Plant community associations with morpho-topographic, geological and land use attributes in a semi-deciduous tropical forest of the Dominican Republic
(2021)
Despite being increasingly threatened by human-induced disturbances, dry forests remain the least studied and protected forest types in the Caribbean region. In contrast to many other forest systems in the world, we have ...
Photo-identification of juvenile hawksbills using facial scales
(2010)
The ability to identify individuals within a population is a key issue for most behavioral, ecological and conservation studies. Most sea turtle mark-recapture studies use external flipper tags (metal or plastic) previously ...
Conservation actions and ecological context : optimizing coral reef local management in the Dominican Republic
(2021)
Over the past few decades, coral reef ecosystems have been lost at accelerated rates as a result of global climate change and local stressors. Local management schemes can help improve the condition of coral reefs by ...
Clonal diversity impacts coral cover in Acropora cervicornis thickets : potential relationships between density, growth, and polymorphisms
(2019)
As coral reefs decline, cryptic sources of resistance and resilience to stress may be increasingly important for the persistence of these communities. Among these sources, inter- and intraspecific diversity remain understudied ...
Comercio de concha de carey en Santo Domingo : malas noticias para los careyes del Caribe
(2008)
La República Dominicana tiene un marco legal que protege a las tortugas marinas y prohíbe su comercio desde los 1960s y que ha sido reafirmado a través de distintas leyes y decretos, siendo la última la Ley núm. 307-04 que ...
Coral reef restoration efforts in Latin American countries and territories
(2020)
Here, we present unpublished data from 12 coral reef restoration case studies from five Latin American countries, describe their motivations and techniques used, and provide estimates on total annual project cost per unit ...
Acciones de conservación marina a través de la integración de la comunidad local
(2022)
[Español] Debido a distintas presiones globales y locales, los ecosistemas costero-marinos se encuentran rápidamente en declive a un ritmo alarmante. La República Dominicana es especialmente vulnerable a los efectos de la ...
Novitates Caribaea núm. 8
(2015)
Artículos destacados de este número: Las larvas de las ranas hílidas (Anura: Hylidae: Hypsiboas y Osteopilus) de la Hispaniola. -- Estudio comparativo de las comunidades de milpiés (Arthropoda: Diplopoda) presentes en la ...
Novitates Caribaea núm. 13
(2019)
Artículos destacados de este número: Estructura poblacional del pez endémico Limia zonata (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliinae) en el río Maimón, República Dominicana. -- Guía de identificación de los murciélagos de La Española ...
Novitates Caribaea núm. 5
(2012)
Artículos destacados de este número: Dos especies nuevas de saltamontes Dellia Stål, 1878 (Orthoptera: Acrididae) de la Sierra de Bahoruco, República Dominicana -- Presencia del género Barronopsis (Araneae: Agelenidae) en ...