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Systematic review of the Antillean bats of the Natalus micropus-complex (Chiroptera: Natalidae)
(1982)
Nongeographic and geographic morphometric variation in Antillean populations of bats of the Natalus micropus-complex were analyzed using univariate and multivariate statistical techniques.
Endemic rodents of the West Indies : the end of a splendid isolation
(1989)
The objective of this paper is to summarize the status of endangered, vulnerable, or rare rodents in the Middle American Region. This region includes Mexico, all of Central America south to the Colombian border, and the ...
Last endemic mammals in Hispaniola
(1981)
After searching many remote regions in the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, the author discovered that the island's last two endemic mammals, formerly believed to be rare, are in fact common in some areas. But human pressures ...
Roedores fósiles de la Hispaniola
(1987)
Este estudio es la primera aproximación sistemática que se realiza en las Antillas con la finalidad de reunir datos e informaciones científicas sobre los roedores fósiles. El autor, reconocido paleontólogo dominicano, no ...
Guía para la identificación de los anfibios y réptiles de la Hispaniola
(1984)
Esta guía es de gran importancia y utilidad para especialistas y aficionados de la identificación de anfibios y reptiles de la Hispaniola y de la región del Caribe. Desde el año 1941, en el que Doris M. Cochran publicara ...
Hispaniolan giant Diploglossus (Sauria: Anguidae): description of a new species and notes on the ecology of D. warreni
(1985)
A third giant species of Diploglossus,D. carraui, is described from north-central República Dominicana. Comparisons between this species and D. warrenifrom Haiti and D. anelpistusfrom south-central República Dominicana are ...
Insularidad, anolis, ecología y evolución
(1986)
Este texto analiza los trabajos de zoogeografía que se han realizado en islas, debiddo a su extensión y faunas limitadas y mayor probabilidad de separar los diversos factores que afectan la distribución de los animales. ...
Breeding season ecology and behavior of Ridgway's Hawk (Buteo ridgwayi)
(1981)
Ridgway's Hawk (Buteo ridgwayi) is endemic to Hispaniola and its satellites, where it occurs in a wide variety of habitats. We studied this hawk in the wet limestone karst forest of the Dominican Republic between January ...
The extinct Cuban and Hispaniolan macaws (Ara, Psittacidae), and description of a new species, Ara cubensis
(1985)
The former existence of an extinct macaw of Hispaniola, Ara tricolor Bechstein 1811, in addition to the extinct macaw of Cuba, Ara cubensis n. sp., is demonstrated through an analysis of the literature. Ara tricolor was ...
The decline of an adaptation in the absence of a presumed selection pressure
(1989)
The colonial nesting Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus) lays eggs that vary in ground color and pattern, but individual females lay similar eggs each time. Tests on captive African stocks have shown that females reject ...