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Miconia pegueroana, una especie nueva de la Sierra de Neiba, República Dominicana
(2022)
Recientes colecciones de Melastomataceae en la Sierra de Neiba, en la República Dominicana han iluminado otra nueva especie del clado Caribeño de Miconia, descrita aquí como M. pegueroana. Por los domacios prominentes, ...
Cuatresia albertovelozii (Solanaceae), especie nueva para la ciencia, primer reporte del género para el Caribe
(2022)
Se describe a Cuatresia albertovelozii (Solanaceae) nueva especie para la ciencia; procedente del sur de la Cordillera Central, República Dominicana. Este es el primer reporte de este género para la isla Española y para ...
Coastal-hinterland exchange and garden hunting practices prior to the European invasion of Hispaniola
(2021)
This study analyses zooarchaeological material recovered from the late precolumbian site of El Flaco (AD 990–1450), northern Dominican Republic. The faunal assemblage from this inland settlement demonstrates terrestrially ...
Participative design of the spatial and temporal development of improved cocoa agroforestry systems for yield and biodiversity
(2022)
Farmers constantly adapt cropping systems to meet their needs. Cocoa farming is frequently associated with low incomes and little access to technical innovations for the small farmers and their families who are responsible ...
Tropical fish diversity enhances coral reef functioning across multiple scales
(2019)
There is now a general consensus that biodiversity positively affects ecosystem functioning. This consensus, however, stems largely from small-scale experiments, raising the question of whether diversity effects operate ...
Uncertain future for global sea turtle populations in face of sea level rise
(2023)
Sea level rise has accelerated during recent decades, exceeding rates recorded during the previous two millennia, and as a result many coastal habitats and species around the globe are being impacted. This situation is ...
A habitat suitability model for Ricord’s Iguana in the Dominican Republic
(2009)
This paper presents results from a pilot study that evaluated variables extracted from satellite imagery and digitally mapped data layers to map the probability of suitable Ricord’s iguana habitat. Bayesian methods were ...
High altitude aggregations of Anetia briarea Godart on Hispaniola (Nymphalidae: Danainae)
(1990)
High altitude aggregations of the danaine Anetia hriarea Godart were observed near the
summit of Pico Duarte (2500-3000 m) in the Dominican Republic. These observations represent the highest elevation record in the West ...
Analysis of the Pterocarpus officinalis forests in the Gran Estero (Dominican Republic)
(2009)
This paper deals with the geological, historical, bioclimatic and floristic aspects of the northern sector of the Caribbean-Atlantic Subprovince. By means of phytosociological vegetation samples, we focussed our attention ...
New distributional records of the Samaná least gecko (Sphaerodactylus samanensis, Cochran, 1932) with comments on its morphological variation and conservation status
(2021)
We report here five new localities across the distribution of the lizard Sphaerodactylus samanensis, extending its current geographic range to the west, in the Cordillera Central of Hispaniola. We also report phenotypic ...