Investigación ambiental: Recent submissions

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    • Urban-forest assessment in the Dominican Republic 

      Pérez, Mervin E.; Meléndez-Ackerman, Elvia; Bonilla-Duarte, Solhanlle; Bauer, Gerald; Volcán, Mirel; Pou, Ana; Caballero, Claudia; Cortés, Leonardo; Arendt, Wayne J.; Muñoz, Tischa A.; Nowak, David (2019)
      The world´s urbanization forecast shows that 60% of the human population will be living in cities by 2050 (United Nations et al. 2017). This growth will negatively impact natural forests surrounding urban areas and will ...

    • Avian conservation planning in the Caribbean : experience and recommendations from the Dominican Republic 

      Latta, Steven C.; Fernández, Eladio (2005)
      The Dominican Republic, on the island of Hispaniola, supports more bird species than any other Caribbean country except Cuba. More than 300 species of birds have been recorded in the country, including 285 native residents ...

    • Global plant ecology of tropical ultramafic ecosystems 

      Garnica-Díaz, Claudia; Berazaín Iturralde, Rosalina; Cabrera, Betsaida; Calderón-Morales, Erick; Felipe, Fermín L.; García, Ricardo; Gómez Hechavarría, José Luis; Franklin Guimarães, Aretha; Medina, Ernesto; Paul, Adrian L. D.; Rajakaruna, Nishanta; Restrepo, Carla; Siebert, Stefan J.; van den Berg, Eduardo; van der Ent, Antony; Velásquez, Grisel; Hulshof, Catherine M. (2022)
      [Español] Los ecosistemas ultramáficos son reconocidos por su endemismo y especialización del hábitat. Sin embargo, la mayor parte de nuestra comprensión de la ecología vegetal ultramáfica proviene de climas mediterráneos ...

    • Investigating the sources of fresh water affecting the hydrological balance of lakes Enriquillo and Azuei (Hispaniola) : data analysis 

      Comarazamy, Daniel; González, Jorge; Moshary, Fred; Piasecki, Michael; Moknatian, Mahrokh; Ibsen, John (2014)
      The Enriquillo and Azuei are saltwater lakes located in a closed water basin in the southwestern region of the island of la Hispaniola, these have been experiencing dramatic changes in total lake-surface area coverage ...

    • Analysis of the heat index in the Mesoamerica and Caribbean region 

      Ramírez-Beltrán, Nazario D.; González, Jorge E.; Castro, Joan M.; Ángeles, Moisés; Harmsen, Eric W.; Salazar, César M. (2017)
      Hourly data collected from ground stations were used to study the maximum daytime heat index Hi in the Mesoamerica and Caribbean Sea (MAC) region for a 35-yr period (1980–2014). Observations of Hi revealed larger values ...