The insular Caribbean is among the few oceanic-type island systems colonized by non-
volant land mammals. This region also has experienced the world's highest level of …

The negative impacts of international wildlife trafficking are well known, and such negative
impacts can be even more pronounced for insular species. This dynamic market needs …

8 Amphibians and their History, Distribution, and Conservation in Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands Page 1 8 Amphibians and their History, Distribution, and Conservation in Puerto Rico …

Background and research aim: This paper analyses the governance in the Jaragua-
Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve (RBJBE), located in the southwest of the Dominican …

With 30 threatened species (14 categorized as Critically Endangered and 16 as
Endangered, sensu IUCN), Coccothrinax (c. 54 species) is the flagship palm genus for …

This paper assesses the Dominican Republic's willingness to pay (WTP) for a conservation,
restoration, and sustainable development program for the Bahoruco-Jaragua-Enriquillo …

We used Landsat-based estimates of tree cover change to document the loss and gain of
forest in the Dominican Republic between 2000 and 2016. Overall, 2,795 km2 of forest were …

Expansion of secondary forests following the abandonment of agriculture may have
important implications for bird conservation, but few studies have examined the dynamics of …

Despite Hispaniola's high rates of avian endemism and its importance to supporting global
biodiversity, relatively little information is available on the basic biology and ecology of its …

Comparative assessment of the relative information content of different independent spatial
data types is necessary to evaluate whether they provide congruent biogeographic signals …