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Lizards in an evolutionary tree: ecology and adaptive radiation of anoles
(2009)
[English] Adaptive radiation, which results when a single ancestral species gives rise to many descendants, each adapted to a different part of the environment, is possibly the single most important source of biological ...
Especie nueva de Coelioxys (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae) para La Hispaniola
(2009)
[Español] Se describe una especie nueva de Coelioxys, subgénero Cyrtocoelioxys, para la Hispaniola. Esta constituye la segunda especie del género conocida para la isla. Esta especie está muy relacionada con C. alayoi Genaro, ...
Novitates Caribaea núm. 2
(2009)
Artículos destacados de este número: Especie nueva del género Hypselodesmus Loomis (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae) del suroeste de la República Dominicana --Especie nueva de milpiés del género Podiscodesmus (Diplopoda: ...
Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies website
(2007)
This website presents a checklist of the currently accepted scientific names of seed plants from the West Indies, including synonomy and distribution by island. The list also provides the common names used throughout the ...
Major Caribbean and Central American frog faunas originated by ancient oceanic dispersal
(2007)
Approximately one-half of all species of amphibians occur in the New World tropics, which includes South America, Middle America, and the West Indies. Of those, 27% (801 species) belong to a large assemblage, the ...
An atlas of sea turtle nesting habitat for the Wider Caribbean Region
(2007)
The fundamental need to identify habitat necessary for the survival of the region’s sea turtles has long been recognized, yet the coastal zone remains one of the least protected environments in the region and unchecked ...
Phylogeography of the Caribbean rock iguana (Cyclura) : implications for conservation and insights on the biogeographic history of the West Indies
(2000)
The Caribbean rock iguana, Cyclura, has had an unstable intrageneric taxonomy and an unclear phylogenetic position within the family Iguanidae. We use mtDNA sequence data to address these issues and explore the phylogeographic ...
Identifying critical areas for conservation : biodiversity and climate change in Central America, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic
(2008)
Given the rapidity and intensity of anthropogenic impacts on natural systems, assessing the effectiveness of current protected areas in preserving biodiversity is especially important in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean, which ...
An overview of the evolution and conservation of West Indian amphibians and reptiles
(2006)
The total area of the West Indies is small, only 0.15% of Earth’s land area, but the region supports 3.0% (180 species) of the world’s amphibians and 6.3% (520 species) of the world’s known reptiles. Nearly all species are ...
The Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity Program (CARICOMP)
(2001)
CARICOMP is a regional scientific program to study land-sea interaction processes in the Caribbean coastal zone. It has been collecting data since 1992, when a Data Management Centre was established at the University of ...