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Habitat modelling locates nesting areas of the endangered Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata on Hispaniola and identifies habitat loss

Satgé, Yvan G.; Rupp, Ernst; Brown, Adam; Jodice, Patrick G. R. (2020)

[English] The Black-capped Petrel or Diablotin Pterodroma hasitata has a fragmented and declining population estimated at c.1,000 breeding pairs. On land, the species nests underground in steep ravines with dense understorey ...

Community-led monitoring of threatened species in the Dominican Republic

Arias, Yvonne; León, Yolanda M.; Rupp, Ernst; Garrido, Esteban; Féliz, Pablo; Perdomo, Laura; Méndez, Mildred D. (2011)

Since 1996, Grupo Jaragua has been conducting wildlife monitoring studies, first in Jaragua National Park (Dominican Republic), and later expanding to the Jaragua-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve (which includes Jaragua NP). ...

Cyclura ricordii on the Barahona Peninsula : a preliminary report

Arias, Yvonne; Incháustegui, Sixto J.; Rupp, Ernst (2004)

This report summarizes the preliminary results of the survey undertaken by Grupo Jaragua in Cabo Rojo, Pedernales region of the Barahona Peninsula in the Dominican Republic. The main purpose of the survey was to search for ...

Conservation of Cyclura ricordii in the southwestern Dominican Republic and a brief history of the Grupo Jaragua

Rupp, Ernst; Incháustegui, Sixto J.; Arias, Yvonne (2005)

After the IUCN SSC Iguana Specialist Group drafted a species recovery plan for Ricord’s Iguana (Cyclura ricordii) during a workshop in Santo Domingo on 17–18 November 2002, Grupo Jaragua began systematically searching for ...

Preliminary report on the distribution and status of Cyclura ricordii along the southern shore of Lago Enriquillo

Rupp, Ernst; Incháustegui, Sixto J.; Arias, Yvonne (2007)

Ricord’s Iguana (Cyclura ricordii) is endemic to Hispaniola, where it is one of two species of Rock Iguanas on the island. Ricord’s Iguana is critically endangered according to the current IUCN Red List. The population is ...

Conserving Cyclura ricordii 2007

Rupp, Ernst; Incháustegui, Sixto J.; Arias, Yvonne (2008)

The recovery of C. ricordii is part of Grupo Jaragua’s program to conserve biodiversity in the biosphere reserve in the southwestern part of the Dominican Republic, thought to be one of the most diverse sites in the insular ...

Sistema agroforestal con plantas nativas y endémicas en la zona de Oviedo, península de Barahona

Rupp, Ernst; Incháustegui, Sixto J.; Arias, Yvonne (2006)

Este material de conferencia explica el proyecto de implementación de un sistema agroforestal con plantas nativas y endémicas en la zona de Oviedo, República Dominicana. En los sistemas agroforestales existen interacciones ...

Using the past to contextualize anthropogenic impacts on the present and future distribution of an endemic Caribbean mammal

Gibson, L. M.; Mychajliw, A. M.; León, Yolanda M.; Rupp, Ernst; Hadly, E. A. (2019)

Island species are difficult to conserve because they face the synergy of climate change, invasive species, deforestation, and increasing human population densities in areas where land mass is shrinking. The Caribbean ...

Green Iguanas (Iguana iguana) in the Dominican Republic

Pasachnik, Stesha A.; Carreras de León, Rosanna; Reynoso, Víctor Hugo; Rupp, Ernst; León, Yolanda M.; Incháustegui, Sixto J. (2012)

This species was unknown from the Dominican Republic until the early 1990s when Green Iguanas began to be sold as pets. From 10 February through 9 March 2012, we conducted a series of interviews in local communities ...

Estudio de la tenencia de la tierra en el área de Cyclura ricordi en Pedernales

Rupp, Ernst; León, Yolanda M.; Incháustegui, Sixto J.; Arias, Yvonne (2018)

Este estudio, parte del proyecto del Grupo Jaragua para conservar la biodiversidad en la Reserva de la Biosfera en el Suroeste de la República Dominicana, identifica las zonas de Pedernales en las que la agricultura pone ...