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Sites for priority biodiversity conservation in the Caribbean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot
(2012)
The Caribbean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot is exceptionally important for global biodiversity conservation due to high levels of species endemism and threat. A total of 755 Caribbean plant and vertebrate species ...
Manatee rescue, rehabilitation, and release efforts as a tool for species conservation
(2012)
In this chapter we outline the basic components of manatee rehabilitation programs and detail those existing in North, Central, and South America.
West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus) in the wider Caribbean region
(2012)
In this chapter we address conservation of the remaining West Indian manatees in the Wider Caribbean (WCR), including those populations within the Caribbean Sea, the western Gulf of Mexico and along the Atlantic coasts of ...
Contribution to the knowledge of the plant communities of the Caribbean-Cibensean Sector in the Dominican Republic
(2012)
The Caribbean-Cibensean Sector (Eastern Coastal Plain) is situated in the east of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic). Despite intense tourist activity and farming, two types of forest can still be found in this area. This ...
Descubriendo las características de la historia de vida y estrategias de conservación para la Golondrina Verde, Tachycineta euchrysea, un paseriforme amenazado y endémico a la isla ‘La Hispaniola’ : informe final, temporada 2012
(2012)
En 2008, se colocaron cajas-nido en la Cordillera Central de la República Dominicana, en un esfuerzo de atraer una población de la Golondrina Verde, una especie endémica y en peligro cuyas poblaciones están disminuyendo ...
Uncovering life history traits and conservation strategies for the Golden Swallow, Tachycineta euchrysea, a threatened and endemic passerine on the island of Hispaniola : 2012 field season report
(2012)
In 2008, nest boxes were erected in the Cordillera Central of the Dominican Republic in an effort to attract a returning population of breeding Golden Swallows, an endemic and threatened passerine declining in numbers for ...