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Title: | Forests and Landscapes of Dominican Republic |
Authors: | Cano-Ortiz, Ana Musarella, Carmelo Maria Piñar-Fuentes, José Carlos Pinto-Gomes, Carlos Cano-Carmona, Eusébio |
Editors: | JORDAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED SCIENCE |
Keywords: | forests diversity endemics structure deterioration conservation |
Issue Date: | 18-May-2015 |
Publisher: | SCIENCEDOMAIN international |
Citation: | Cano-Ortiz et al.; BJAST, 9(3): xxx-xxx, 2015; Article no.BJAST.2015.263 |
Abstract: | Aims: This, in conjunction with the diversity of the substrates and the fact that the island is home to
the highest mountains in the Caribbean and with a high rate of endemic species, allows them to be
differentiated into three major groups –dry forest, cloud forest and the transition between dry and
cloud forests. The forests in the Dominican Republic grow in a tropical climate with ombrotypes
ranging from arid to humid-hyperhumid due to the moisture-laden Atlantic winds; and infra-,
thermo-, meso- and supratropical thermotypes. Establish the diversity, ecology and forest types in
Dominican Republic.
Methods: We identified all species through field surveys and comparative analyzes of how forest
types, structure, diversity and ecology.Results: We consided these forests to be endemic to the island of Hispaniola, as the dry forest
presents 81 endemic species, of which 10 are trees, 65 shrubs, 5 creepers, and 1 herbaceous
species; while the cloud forest has 19 trees, 20 shrubs, 8 creepers, 4 epiphytes and 6 herbaceous
species.
Conclusions: We highlight the absence of endemic epiphytes in the dry forests, which are in a
poor state of conservation and subject to greater human pressure than the cloud forest. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10174/18058 |
ISSN: | 2231-0843 |
Type: | article |
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