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Description of a new species, Pintomyia dissimilis nov. sp., a phlebotomine fossil from Dominican Republic amber (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae)
(2009)
Background: Phlebotomine sandflies are the vectors of etiological agents of leishmaniases in several areas of the world. In the Neotropical Region, the biodiversity of these insects is more than other regions, probably due ...
Smallholder farmer resilience to extreme weather events in global food value chains
(2023)
Extreme weather events have severe impacts on food systems, especially for smallholders in global food value chains (GFVCs). There is an urgent need to understand (a) how climate shocks manifest in food systems, and (b) ...
An overview of the evolution and conservation of West Indian amphibians and reptiles
(2006)
The total area of the West Indies is small, only 0.15% of Earth’s land area, but the region supports 3.0% (180 species) of the world’s amphibians and 6.3% (520 species) of the world’s known reptiles. Nearly all species are ...
A replacement name for the Hispaniolan anole formerly referred to as Anolis chlorocyanus Duméril & Bibron, 1837
(2020)
We provide a replacement name, Anolis callainus sp. nov., for the Hispaniolan anole species formerly referred to as Anolis chlorocyanus Duméril & Bibron, 1837. This is necessary because the syntypes of Anolis chlorocyanus ...
Meteorological, agricultural and hydrological drought in the Dominican Republic : a review
(2018)
In Dominican Republic, the impacts of the meteorological, agricultural and hydrological drought have been intensified in recent years due to the effect of ENSO and climate change, putting at risk agricultural and livestock ...
Marine mammal captivity in the northeastern Caribbean, with notes on the rehabilitation of stranded whales, dolphins and manatees
(1998)
ABSTRACT. —Marine mammals have been of interest to zoos and aquaria since the middle of the eighteenth century. With increasingly successful captive maintenance since the 1960s, a greater demand for captive whales, dolphins, ...
Dieta y alimentación hispano-americana en el Caribe y la Florida en el siglo XVI
(1991)
Los esfuerzos coloniales europeos alcanzaron un mayor éxito en aquellas zonas americanas donde se arraigaron las plantas y los animales que los españoles llevaron consigo. Esta afirmación parece indicar que las plantas ...
Vicariance and dispersal in Caribbean biogeography
(1996)
The species diversity and phylogenetic relationships of West Indian vertebrates are incompletely known, but several lines of evidence support a dispersal origin for most of the fauna. Crother and Guyer have contested much ...
La historia natural en tiempos del emperador Carlos V : la importancia de la conquista del Nuevo Mundo
(2000)
A lo largo del siglo XVI se produjo un significativo desarrollo científico en Europa y en los reinos de España. El humanismo y el descubrimiento de América fueron factores esenciales en el impulso dado al estudio de la ...
Determination of gender in cetaceans by the polymerase chain reaction
(1992)
We determined the gender of a variety of cet can species, including both ondotocetes and mysticetes, using the polymerase chain reaction for amplification of the sex chromosome specific regions ZFY/ZFX and SRY. This quick ...