Investigación ambiental: Recent submissions
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Communities and stakeholders in marine protected areas in the Caribbean
(2006)This chapter on communities and stakeholders in marine protected areas (MPAs) presents the results of research into Caribbean coastal resource management from an ethnographic and a pan-Caribbean perspective. Three case ... -
Avicularia rickwesti sp. nov., a remarkable new species of Avicularia (Theraphosidae: Aviculariinae) from Dominican Republic
(2013)A remarkable new species of Avicularia Lamarck, 1818, Avicularia rickwesti sp. nov., is described from Dominican Republic. Female specimens of the new species are unusual by having two very short and broad spermathecae ... -
Climate change resilience and socioeconomic impacts of MPAs and MPA networks in the Caribbean. Case study: evaluation of the effectiveness of the management of MPAs and coastal zones in the Dominican Republic
(2015)Many Caribbean nations have established marine protected areas (MPAs) to preserve marine biodiversity and maintain their economically important marine resources. In some Caribbean nations, in particular the Dominican ... -
Cities may save some threatened species but not their ecological functions
(2018)Urbanization is one of the main causes of biodiversity loss worldwide. Wildlife responses to urbanization, however, are greatly variable and, paradoxically, some threatened species may achieve much larger populations in ... -
Caracterización bio-física de la Reserva El Zorzal
(2014)El levantamiento de informaciones básicas sobre las particulares físicas y biológicas de la Reserva El Zorzal proviene de los esfuerzos que vienen llevándose a cabo desde el 2009 en el marco del Proyecto Dos Mundos un Ave. ...