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Past and present of insular Caribbean mammals : understanding Holocene extinctions to inform modern biodiversity conservation
(2017)
[English] Of the 116 mammal species present in the Greater Antilles at the start of the Holocene Epoch, only 56 now survive, with more extensive species losses (~80%) in native lineages of sloths, shrews, rodents, and ...
Roedores fósiles de la Hispaniola
(1987)
Este estudio es la primera aproximación sistemática que se realiza en las Antillas con la finalidad de reunir datos e informaciones científicas sobre los roedores fósiles. El autor, reconocido paleontólogo dominicano, no ...
Actualización del inventario taxonómico de los estomatópodos (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Stomatopoda) de la isla Hispaniola = Update of the taxonomic inventory of the stomatopods (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Stomatopoda) of Hispaniola Island
(2023)
[Español] El presente trabajo actualiza y amplia los inventarios taxonómicos previos de los estomatópodos de Hispaniola con una más amplia cobertura de colecciones de museos. Con representantes de cinco familias, el número ...
First Caribbean Floricomus (Araneae: Linyphiidae), a new fossil species in Miocene Dominican Republic amber: a new synonymy for the extant North American fauna
(2005)
The new species Floricomus fossilis (Araneae: Linyphiidae) is described from Miocene Dominican Republic amber. This is the first fossil record of Floricomus, extending its known geological range by 15-20 Ma, and is the ...
Discovery of the bee genus Perdita in the West Indies (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) : a new species from Isla Cabritos in the Dominican Republic
(2012)
The bee genus Perdita Smith, 1853 (Panurginae) is recorded from the West Indies based on the new species, Perdita (Perdita) islacabritosensis sp. nov. from Isla Cabritos, a xeric island within salty Lago Enriquillo in the ...
The rock iguanas of Parque Nacional Isla Cabritos
(2005)
If you want to see two species of West Indian Rock Iguanas (Cyclura spp.) in natural habitat at the same time, your only choice of destinations is the Dominican Republic (DR). The DR shares the island of Hispaniola with ...
Freshwater microcrustaceans of Hispaniola : new records and potential as biological control agents
(2024)
[English] Some species of freshwater microcrustaceans have been widely used for biological control of mosquito larval populations. These zooplankton communities play an important role against some species of mosquitoes by ...