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Forest baseline and deforestation map of the Dominican Republic through the analysis of time series of MODIS data
(2015)
Deforestation is one of the major threats to habitats in the Dominican Republic. In this work we present a forest baseline for the year 2000 and a deforestation map for the year 2011. Maps were derived from Moderate ...
Forest change within and outside protected areas in the Dominican Republic, 2000-2016
(2019)
[English] We used Landsat-based estimates of tree cover change to document the loss and gain of forest in the Dominican Republic between 2000 and 2016. Overall, 2,795 km2 of forest were lost, with forest gain occurring on ...
Forest loss and fire in the Dominican Republic during the 21st Century
(2019)
[English] [Preprint] We used Landsat-based estimates of tree cover change to document the loss and gain of forest in the Dominican Republic between 2000 and 2016. Overall, 2,795 km 2 of forest were lost, with forest gain ...
Fire history along environmental gradients in the subtropical pine forests of the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic
(2006)
[English] Fire history was reconstructed from fire-scarred individuals of the endemic pine (Pinus occidentalis) along climatic gradients in the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic.
Patterns of growth, recruitment, mortality and biomass across an altitudinal gradient in a neotropical montane forest, Dominican Republic
(2012)
[English] We examined stand dynamics and biomass along an altitudinal gradient in a tropical montane forest (TMF) in the disturbance-prone Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic. We tested the general hypothesis that chronic ...
Natural regeneration of subtropical montane forest after clearing fern thickets in the Dominican Republic
(2004)
[English] Tropical forests can recover after anthropogenic disturbances of light to moderate intensity; however, severe disturbances (e.g. compaction or loss of soil) often result in conditions that prevent forest recovery. ...
Cambios en la cobertura boscosa del bosque nublado en la Sierra de Neiba, República Dominicana
(2019)
[Español] La Sierra de Neiba es un área de gran relevancia para la conservación de la biodiversidad, por la particularidad de sus ecosistemas, flora y fauna. El Parque Nacional Sierra de Neiba se creó para conservar el ...
Forest fires in the insular Caribbean
(2008)
This paper presents a summary of the forest fire reports in the insular Caribbean derived from both management reports and an analysis of publicly available Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrodiometer (MODIS) satellite ...
Urban-forest assessment in the Dominican Republic
(2019)
The world´s urbanization forecast shows that 60% of the human population will be living in cities by 2050 (United Nations et al. 2017). This growth will negatively impact natural forests surrounding urban areas and will ...
Fluctuación poblacional de Ips calligraphus en pinares de la vertiente norte de la cordillera Central, República Dominicana
(2022)
[Español]El coleóptero Ips calligraphus Germar se ha convertido en el principal problema fitosanitario forestal de los pinares naturales y plantados en República Dominicana. Infestaciones históricas han sido importantes ...