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Spatial distribution of bat species on Hispaniola island, the Greater Antilles
(2022)
Hispaniola shows the highest environmental heterogeneity among the Greater Antilles mainly due to its complex land relief, encompassing a high ecosystemic heterogeineity, and bats as one o the most representative group of ...
The oldest known record of a ground sloth (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Folivora) from Hispaniola: evolutionary and paleobiogeographical implications
(2021)
[English] Sloths were among the most diverse groups of land vertebrates that inhabited the Greater Antilles until their extinction in the middle-late Holocene following the arrival of humans to the islands. Although the ...
Stable isotopes reveal seasonal dietary responses to agroforestry in a venomous mammal, the Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus)
(2022)
While trends in tropical deforestation are alarming, conservation biologists are increasingly recognizing the potential for species survival in human-modified landscapes. Identifying the factors underlying such persistence, ...
A social-ecological approach to studying variation in urban trees and ecosystem services in the National Municipal District of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
(2022)
[English] Maintaining a diverse urban forest that provides ecosystem services can promote urban sustainability and resilience to environmental change. Around the world, cities have taken to inventorying their urban trees ...
Changing ecosystems and their services
(2020)
[English] Changing Ecosystems and their Services provides a very interesting account of the frontiers of biodiversity and ecological research. It consists of seven chapters covering mass extinctions: the "Big Five" and ...
Depredación de Gymnophthalmus underwoodi (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) por Turdus plumbeus (Passeriformes: Turdidae) en República Dominicana
(2021)
[Español] Se registra el primer caso de depredación de la lagartija introducida Gymnophthalmus underwoodi por el zorzal de patas rojas, Turdus plumbeus en República Dominicana.
Pautas para integrar la vulnerabilidad climática en los planes regionales de ordenamiento territorial en República Dominicana
(2020)
[Español] Se ofrecen pautas para integrar la vulnerabilidad climática en el diagnóstico territorial del Plan Regional de Ordenamiento y Desarrollo Territorial a través de un ejercicio de superposición de capas que relaciona ...
Assessing congruence of opportunistic records and systematic surveys for predicting Hispaniolan mammal species distributions
(2020)
Comparative assessment of the relative information content of different independent spatial data types is necessary to evaluate whether they provide congruent biogeographic signals for predicting species ranges. Opportunistic ...
The transformation of Caribbean coral communities since humans
(2021)
The mass die-off of Caribbean corals has transformed many of this region’s reefs to macroalgal-dominated habitats since systematic monitoring began in the 1970s. Although attributed to a combination of local and global ...
Editorial
(2022)
Nota editorial del vol. 68, núm. 1 (2022) de AULA, Revista de humanidades y ciencias sociales [UNPHU, ISSN: 2636-2236] dedicado al tema de los océanos, los arrecifes de coral y su impacto en la sociedad.