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Phylogenetic analysis of ecological and morphological diversification in Hispaniolan trunk‐ground anoles (Anolis cybotes group)
(2003)
Anolis lizards in the Greater Antilles partition the structural microhabitats available at a given site into four to six distinct categories. Most microhabitat specialists, or ecomorphs, have evolved only once on each ...
Rational management of tropical dry forest with the people at the centre of the Project Azua, Dominican Republic
(2001)
Since January 1999, the rural regional development project ‘Bosque Seco’ (Rational Management of Tropical Dry Forest) in the Southwest of the Dominican Republic is in its follow-up phase. The objective of the project was ...
The impact of tourism on rural livelihoods in the Dominican Republic's coastal areas
(2007)
Tourism has rapidly grown in the Dominican Republic in recent years. This paper evaluates the impact of tourism on rural livelihoods through a survey conducted in 23 coastal communities covering a range of tourism levels ...
Linking breeding and wintering grounds of Bicknell's Thrushes using stable isotope analyses of feathers
(2001)
Previous studies have shown that natural abundance of deuterium (D), and to a lesser extent, in feathers of migrant songbirds in North America can be used to infer geographic origins of molt. We used that approach to ...
Ancient differentiation in the single-island avian radiation of endemic Hispaniolan chat-tanagers (Aves: Calyptophilus)
(2007)
The simple geographic structure of island systems often makes them tractable for studies of the patterns and processes of biological diversification. The Calyptophilus chat-tanagers of Hispaniola are of general evolutionary ...
Additional notes on the wintering status of Swainson's Warbler in the Dominican Republic
(2001)
[English] We report the third and fourth records of Swainson’s Warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii) from Hispaniola. All four records have involved mist-netted birds in montane broadleaf forests of Sierra de Bahoruco in the ...
La erosión intensiva de los suelos : aplicaciones en la República Dominicana
(2001)
Presenta una reflexión sobre los efectos de la erosión a nivel productivo y de conservación ambiental. Describe los aspectos institucionales del manejo de los recursos naturales en República Dominicana. Brinda recomendaciones ...
Importancia del estudio de larvas y juveniles de peces para pesquería sustentable
(2004)
Resultados: En siete estaciones de muestreo se han colectado larvas y juveniles de
varias especies de Eucinostomus, incluyendo una nueva forma que podría corresponder a una especie nueva dentro del género, emparentada con ...
A new atlantasellid isopod (Asellota: Aselloidea) from the flooded coastal karst of the Dominican Republic (Hispaniola) : evidence for an exopod on a thoracic limb and biogeographical implications
(2001)
A new representative of the thus far monotypic, Bermudan aselloid family Atlantasellidae is described from the freshwater layers of two coastal sinkholes on the south-west Dominican Republic, Hispaniola. Atlantasellus ...
Historical synthesis of biophysical information of Samaná region, Dominican Republic
(2005)
The aim of this study was compiling physic, biological and fishery information to have a basis for a rapid ecological assessment of Samaná region (Dominican Republic), in regard to freshwater contribution of Yuna and ...