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Historical decline and probable extinction of the Jamaican Golden Swallow Tachycineta euchrysea euchrysea
(2013)
The endemic Jamaican subspecies of the Golden Swallow Tachycineta euchrysea euchrysea has been rare and locally distributed since its discovery in 1847. By the 1950s, its geographic range had contracted to a small region ...
Last search for the Jamaican Golden Swallow (Tachycineta e. euchrysea)
(2017)
Abstract: The Golden Swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea) is an aerial insectivore and obligate secondary cavity nester endemic to the Caribbean islands of Jamaica and Hispaniola. The declining Hispaniolan subspecies (T. e. ...
Nests and nesting behavior of Golden Swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea) in abandoned bauxite mines in the Dominican Republic
(2008)
Little information is available on nesting of Golden Swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea), a threatened species that occurs only on the island of Hispaniola. We report on six nests discovered and monitored in abandoned bauxite ...
A rare observation of White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris) breeding activity on Hispaniola
(2018)
Abstract: The White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris) has long been considered a common resident of Hispaniola. However, its breeding status on the island is poorly documented, and we are aware of only three previously ...
Forest restoration in the Dominican Republic : how I got the birds to work for me
(2017)
Birds’ ability to fly long distances and visit a variety of habitats in a relatively short period of time makes them great seed dispersers from the perspective of the plant, and these two groups have evolved a mutualism ...
Birdy hear, birdy do : Does playback attract seed dispersers to restoration sites?
(2020)
One aspect of the author's studies has been the community-level analysis at our sites in the central Dominican Republic in an attempt to fully document all feeding/dispersal relationships between all of the bird and plant ...
Community perceptions of tourism impacts on coastal protected areas
(2019)
The Dominican Republic is one of the countries with the highest growing number of tourists in coastal protected areas. The objective of this study was to examine the perceived impact of tourism on three coastal national ...
Procesos antropo-edáficos frecuentes en la Reserva de la Biosfera Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo (República Dominicana)
(2006)
La tala y quema en los bosques tropicales húmedos para usos agrícolas o de pasto, vienen siendo las prácticas más habituales de la población humana ubicada en el territorio de la única reserva de la biosfera existente en ...
Ecología y desarrollo local en la provincia de Pedernales (República Dominicana) : protocolo seguido para la sostenibilidad
(2005)
Se muestran los rasgos de la provincia de Pedernales (Rep. Dominicana) que la hacen muy adecuada y necesaria para la investigación-acción de la sostenibilidad de las ciudades en el medio rural.
Investigación del tratamiento de la contaminación del suelo en libros de texto para escolares y alternativas docentes experimentadas
(2010)
Los conocimientos relativos a la contaminación de los suelos que tienen los escolares al finalizar la enseñanza obligatoria tanto en España como en otros países latinoamericanos son, en general, escasos y, a veces, erróneos. ...