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The herpetology of Hispaniola [PDF]

Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 1941
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Thomas Barbour, Doris M. Cochran
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Cholera in United States Associated with Epidemic in Hispaniola

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011
Cholera is rare in the United States (annual average 6 cases). Since epidemic cholera began in Hispaniola in 2010, a total of 23 cholera cases caused by toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 have been confirmed in the United States.
Anna E. Newton, Katherine E. Heiman, Ann Schmitz, Tom Török, Andria Apostolou, Heather Hanson, Prabhu Gounder, Susan Bohm, Katie Kurkjian, Michele B. Parsons, Deborah Talkington, Steven Stroika, Lawrence C. Madoff, Franny Elson, David Sweat, Venessa Cantu, Okey Akwari, Barbara E. Mahon, Eric D. Mintz   +18 more
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Ethnopharmacology of Pinus species with focus on the Hispaniola pine (Pinus occidentalis Swartz): evidence, gaps, and research roadmap [PDF]

Frontiers in Pharmacology
The review systematically maps the ethnomedicinal uses and chemistry of Pinus spp., with an emphasis on the under-studied Pinus occidentalis Swartz, known as “pino criollo”, “pino de cuaba” or “pin creole”.
Alberto J. Núñez-Selles, Lauro Nuevas-Paz, Elisa A. Gómez-Torres   +2 more
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Lista de especies de quitones (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) conocidas para La Hispaniola

Novitates Caribaea, 2010
El presente trabajo ofrece una lista con 23 especies de quitones conocidas para la Isla La Hispaniola. Para República Dominicana, esta compilación actualiza el último inventario nacional de la biodiversidad marina y adiciona 5 especies, lo que da un ...
Alejandro Herrera-Moreno, Liliana Betancourt-Fernández   +1 more
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Soft-sediment deformation structures in Holocene coastal gravel deposits reveal two 1.8–2.0 ka old M w  > 7.0 earthquakes in southern-central Hispaniola [PDF]

Scientific Reports
An exceptionally well-preserved outcrop of Holocene liquefaction structures in the Tortuguero Beach of southern-central Hispaniola has been investigated.
Francisco José Fernández, Fernando Pérez Valera, Javier Escuder-Viruete   +2 more
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The genus Leptostylopsis of Hispaniola (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Acanthocinini)

ZooKeys, 2009
The generic differences and similarities between Leptostylus LeConte and Leptostylopsis Dillon (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Acanthocinini) are discussed.
Steven Lingafelter, Charyn Micheli
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Phylogenetics of Leptocereus (Cactaceae) on Hispaniola: clarifying species limits in the L. weingartianus complex and a new species from the Sierra de Bahoruco [PDF]

PhytoKeys, 2021
The Antillean genus Leptocereus represents an in-situ radiation among the Greater and Lesser Antilles of 19 currently recognized species. Extensive fieldwork carried out in the Dominican Republic over recent years has revealed that the species limits of ...
Lucas C. Majure, Yuley Encarnación, Teodoro Clase, Brígido Peguero, Kelly Ho, Duniel Barrios   +5 more
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New records of assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) for the Dominican Republic

Novitates Caribaea, 2023
The Hispaniolan fauna of Reduviidae is only partially known, as it has never been the subject of a comprehensive taxonomic or faunistic inventory. These species belong to Neotropical genera that have Caribbean, Central and South American distributions ...
Daniel E. Perez-Gelabert
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Complete zygomatic arches in the Late Quaternary sloth Neocnus from La Altagracia province, Dominican Republic

Novitates Caribaea, 2022
Specimens of the extinct sloth genus Neocnus recovered from northwestern La Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic exhibit a unique zygomatic arch. The arch consists of the jugal anteriorly fused to the maxilla and the zygomatic arch ligament fully ...
Robert K McAfee, Juan N Almonte
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Active Tectonics, Quaternary Stress Regime Evolution and Seismotectonic Faults in Southern Central Hispaniola: Implications for the Quantitative Seismic Hazard Assessment

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Present‐day convergence between Caribbean and North American plates is accommodated by subduction zones, major active thrusts and strike‐slip faults, which are probably the source of the historical large earthquakes on Hispaniola.
J. Escuder‐Viruete, F. J. Fernández, F. Pérez Valera, F. McDermott   +3 more
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