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pH, aluminio y factores ambientales en suelos bajo bosques de la cordillera Central, República Dominicana
(2015)
Se analizaron datos químicos de 36 secciones de suelos bajo bosques naturales en la cordillera Central dominicana, 20 de ellas ubicadas en interfluvios y las 16 restantes en ambientes ribereños. En los interfluvios predominan ...
Macro-caracterización y distribución de los humedales de República Dominicana (resumen de 15 años de exploración y estudios)
(2018)
Este extenso artículo de Eleuterio Martínez recoge los resultados de 15 años de investigación y trabajo de gestión sobre los humedales en la República Dominicana, incluyendo una cronología de la creación de múltiples áreas ...
Situación de los humedales de la República Dominicana
(2018)
Los humedales de agua dulce de la República Dominicana no escapan a la situación de amenaza que los afecta a nivel mundial. El desarrollo progresivo del turismo y los avances de la frontera agrícola, reducen cada vez más ...
Arte, ciencia y cultura : Arte ruprestre en las cavernas del Boulevard del Atlántico
(2011)
El Ministro de Medio Ambiente y la Academia Dominicana de Ciencias, solicitaron al arqueólogo Adolfo López, la localización, exploración y documentación de las cavernas situadas en la zona de influencia de la nueva carretera ...
The disconnect between knowledge and perceptions : a study of fishermen’s local ecological knowledge and their perception of the state of fisheries and how these are managed in the Dominican Republic
(2022)
Understanding what fishers know about the ecology of the fish they catch, and how they perceive the state and management of their fisheries can guide efforts towards more sustainable fishing practices. We tested relationships ...
Studying common-pool resources over time : a longitudinal case study of the Buen Hombre fishery in the Dominican Republic
(2016)
Like many small-scale fishing communities around the world, the community of Buen Hombre in the Dominican Republic is dealing with a set of challenges to reconcile its fishing activities with the ecology on which it depends. ...
How mangrove forests adjust to rising sea level
(2014)
Mangroves are among the most well described and widely studied wetland communities in the world. The greatest threats to mangrove persistence are deforestation and other anthropogenic disturbances that can compromise habitat ...
Hurricane impacts on a mangrove forest in the Dominican Republic : damage patterns and early recovery
(2006)
On 22 September 1998, Hurricane Georges passed over the Dominican Republic causing extensive damage to a 4700 ha mangrove forest that has been the site of a detailed study of vegetation and ecosystem dynamics since 1994. ...
Tropical montane vegetation dynamics near the upper cloud belt strongly associated with a shifting ITCZ and fire
(2022)
Tropical montane forests house unusual and diverse biota and are considered highly vulnerable to climate change, particularly near the trade wind inversion (TWI) – the upper end of the cloud belt that defines tropical ...
Spatial patterns of biomass and aboveground net primary productivity in a mangrove ecosystem in the Dominican Republic
(2003)
The objective of this study was to quantify spatial patterns in above and below ground biomass, primary productivity, and growth efficiency along a tidal gradient in a 4700-ha mangrove forest in the Dominican Republic. We ...