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Home range and habitat data for Hispaniolan mammals challenge assumptions for conservation management
(2019)
Conservation decision-making for threatened species in human-modified landscapes requires detailed knowledge about spatial ecology, but robust data derived from tracking individual animals are often unavailable, with ...
First satellite tracks of the Endangered black-capped petrel
(2015)
The black-capped petrel Pterodroma hasitata is an endangered seabird with fewer than 2000 breeding pairs restricted to a few breeding sites in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. To date, use areas at sea have been determined ...
Migratory patterns in hawksbill turtles described by satellite tracking
(2012)
The advent of telemetry has improved knowledge of the spatio-temporal distribution of marine species of conservation concern. Among the sea turtles, the movements of the hawksbill turtle Eretmochelys imbricata are among ...
Origin of the green iguana (Iguana iguana) invasion in the greater Caribbean Region and Fiji
(2021)
Invasive populations of green iguanas (Iguanidae: Iguana iguana) are widely established beyond their native Central, South American, and Lesser Antillean range in various islands of the Pacific, Florida USA, and in the ...
Primer reporte de la especie exótica Puntigrus tetrazona (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) para República Dominicana
(2020)
[Español] Se reporta por primera vez para República Dominicana, isla Hispaniola, el pez de agua dulce, Puntigrus tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855) en un tributario del río Haina, provincia San Cristóbal. Se colectaron varios ...
Avicularia rickwesti sp. nov., a remarkable new species of Avicularia (Theraphosidae: Aviculariinae) from Dominican Republic
(2013)
A remarkable new species of Avicularia Lamarck, 1818, Avicularia rickwesti sp. nov., is described from Dominican Republic. Female specimens of the new species are unusual by having two very short and broad spermathecae ...
Interacciones del solenodonte con otros animales
(2011)
Entre 2004 y 2009 se realizaron viajes de campo y entrevistas a informantes clave para documentar la distribución del soledononte y la jutía de la Española en la Reserva de la Biosfera Jaragua-BahorucoEnriquillo (República ...
Innovative assembly strategy contributes to understanding the evolution and conservation genetics of the endangered Solenodon paradoxus from the island of Hispaniola
(2018)
Solenodons are insectivores that live in Hispaniola and Cuba. They form an isolated branch in the tree of placental mammals that are highly divergent from other eulipothyplan insectivores The history, unique biology, and ...
Green Iguanas (Iguana iguana) in the Dominican Republic
(2012)
This species was unknown from the Dominican Republic until the early 1990s when Green Iguanas began to be sold as pets. From 10 February through 9 March 2012, we conducted a series of interviews in local communities ...
Assessing the efficacy of direct conservation interventions : clutch protection of the leatherback marine turtle in the Dominican Republic
(2015)
The beaches of Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic are the country's last known major nesting site for the leatherback marine turtle Dermochelys coriacea. This nesting aggregation is threatened by widespread ...