Biblioteca Virtual de Educación Ambiental Rosa Margarita Bonetti: Recent submissions
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Importance of the spatial distribution of rare earth elements in the bottom sediments of reservoirs as a potential proxy for tracing sediments sources. A case study in the Dominican Republic
(2021)The geochemical composition of rare earth elements (REE) in the bottom sediments of two Dominican reservoirs and in soils from their catchments was studied to identify possible sources of the deposited materials. Knowledge ... -
Dominican larimar mining — current state and future prospects
(2022)This paper presents basic mineralogical and petrological data of the rocks hosting larimar deposit from the Sierra de Bahoruco, in the SW part of the Dominican Republic. -
The earliest Corotocini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Dominican amber, with remarks on post-imaginal growth influence on termitophile taxonomy
(2022)The tribe Corotocini is one of the most diverse and morphologically specialized groups of rove beetles associated with termites. All species of Corotocini present some degree of membranous enlargement of the abdomen, called ... -
Assessing the vulnerability of farming households on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola to climate change
(2024)This article assesses the individual vulnerability of 550 farming households, 430 in Haiti and 120 in the Dominican Republic, on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola to the impacts of climate change. This assessment is based ... -
The rush for the rare : reptiles and amphibians in the European pet trade
(2020)The exotic pet trade has been identified as a main threat to many reptile and amphibian species, especially for optically attractive species or those with special biological features. The international exotic pet trade is ...
