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The habitats of Leptochloopsis virgata in the Dominican Republic
(2010)
This paper deals with the Leptochloopsis virgata esparto patches growing in the Dominican Republic. These communities thrive mostly in shaded areas, as happens in the southwest of the island and the Cibao valley, where ...
Contribution to the knowledge of the plant communities of the Caribbean-Cibensean Sector in the Dominican Republic
(2012)
The Caribbean-Cibensean Sector (Eastern Coastal Plain) is situated in the east of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic). Despite intense tourist activity and farming, two types of forest can still be found in this area. This ...
Forests and landscapes of Dominican Republic
(2015)
Aims: This, in conjunction with the diversity of the substrates and the fact that the island is home to the highest mountains in the Caribbean and with a high rate of endemic species, allows them to be differentiated into ...
Distribution patterns of endemic flora to define hotspots on Hispaniola
(2016)
Nineteen areas on the island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) were studied with the aim of determining the distribution pattern of the endemic flora in these areas, and their variability with altitude. The ...
Three new scorpion species from the Dominican Republic, Greater Antilles (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Scorpionidae)
(2014)
We describe herein three new species of scorpions from the Dominican Republic, in the Greater Antillean Island of Hispaniola: Microtityus minimus sp. n. (probably the smallest scorpion in the world from the southernmost ...
Guía de identificación de los murciélagos de la Española y anotaciones sobre las familias y especies
(2019)
[Español] Se presenta una guía ilustrada de identificación de los quirópteros de la Española, basada en diez años de trabajo de campo y laboratorio. Se incluyen dos claves dicotómicas, una de las familias y otra de las ...
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 ...
Importance of biotic predictors in estimation of potential invasive areas : the example of the tortoise beetle Eurypedus nigrosignatus, in Hispaniola
(2018)
We report the leaf beetle Eurypedus nigrosignatus as an alien species in the Dominican Republic and investigate whether biotic factors played a meaningful role in the distributional expansion of the species into the Caribbean.
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 ...