Forests and Landscapes of Dominican Republic

Cano-Ortíz, Ana; Musarella, Carmelo Maria; Fuentes, José Carlos Piñar; Gomes, Carlos J. Pinto; Cano, Eusébio

doi:10.9734/bjast/2015/17507

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“…Dominican Republic has perhaps the most diverse climate of all of the Caribbean islands because of the presence of high mountains and abundant coastal regions [29]. Much of the country, however, has a tropical climate with mean annual temperatures ranging between 22-31 °C [29][30][31][32]. Rainy seasons vary geographically with the northern part of the country experiencing heavier rain from November to January and much of the rest of the country having its rainy season May-November.…”

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Spatiotemporal and meteorological trends in dengue transmission in the Dominican Republic, 2015-2019

Michael

Rodrigues

Morban³

et al. 2023

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Dengue has broadened its global distribution substantially in the past two decades, and many endemic areas are experiencing increases in incidence. The Dominican Republic recently experienced its two largest outbreaks to date with 16,836 reported cases in 2015 and 20,123 reported cases in 2019. With this upward trend in dengue transmission, developing tools to better prepare healthcare systems and mosquito control agencies is of critical importance. Before such tools can be developed, however, we must first better understand potential drivers of dengue transmission. To that end, we focus in this paper on determining trends between climate variables and dengue transmission with an emphasis on eight provinces and the capital city of the Dominican Republic in the period 2015-2019. We present summary statistics for dengue cases, temperature, precipitation, and relative humidity in this period, and we conduct an analysis of correlated lags between climate variables and dengue cases as well as correlated lags among dengue cases in each of the nine locations. We find that the southwestern province of Barahona had the largest dengue incidence in both 2015 and 2019. Among all climate variables considered, lags between temperature variables and dengue cases were the most highly correlated. We found that most locations had significant correlations at lags of zero weeks; however, both Barahona and the northern province of Monte Cristi had significantly correlated lags with other provinces at up to eight weeks. These results can be used to improve predictive models of dengue transmission in the country.

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Spatiotemporal and meteorological trends in dengue transmission in the Dominican Republic, 2015-2019

Michael

Rodrigues

Morban³

et al. 2023

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“…The Dominican Republic has perhaps the most diverse climate of all of the Caribbean islands because of the presence of high mountains and abundant coastal regions [29]. Much of the country, however, has a tropical climate with mean annual temperatures ranging between 22 and 31 °C [29][30][31][32]. Rainy seasons vary geographically with the northern part of the country experiencing heavier rain from November to January and much of the rest of the country having its rainy season May-November.…”

Section: Study Sitementioning

confidence: 99%

Spatiotemporal and meteorological relationships in dengue transmission in the Dominican Republic, 2015–2019

Michael

Rodrigues

Morban³

et al. 2023

Trop Med Health

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Dengue has broadened its global distribution substantially in the past two decades, and many endemic areas are experiencing increases in incidence. The Dominican Republic recently experienced its two largest outbreaks to date with 16,836 reported cases in 2015 and 20,123 reported cases in 2019. With continued increases in dengue transmission, developing tools to better prepare healthcare systems and mosquito control agencies is of critical importance. Before such tools can be developed, however, we must first better understand potential drivers of dengue transmission. To that end, we focus in this paper on determining relationships between climate variables and dengue transmission with an emphasis on eight provinces and the capital city of the Dominican Republic in the period 2015–2019. We present summary statistics for dengue cases, temperature, precipitation, and relative humidity in this period, and we conduct an analysis of correlated lags between climate variables and dengue cases as well as correlated lags among dengue cases in each of the nine locations. We find that the southwestern province of Barahona had the largest dengue incidence in both 2015 and 2019. Among all climate variables considered, lags between relative humidity variables and dengue cases were the most frequently correlated. We found that most locations had significant correlations with cases in other locations at lags of zero weeks. These results can be used to improve predictive models of dengue transmission in the country.

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Advances in the Knowledge of the Vegetation of Hispaniola (Caribbean Central America)

Cano-Ortíz¹,

Musarella²,

PiñarFuentes³

et al. 2018

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The vegetation types and floristic diversity in the Dominican Republic are analysed, a territory with a tropical climate and ombrotypes that range from dry to humid-hyperhumid, due to the Atlantic winds and the phenomenon known as rain shadows. The presence of high mountains and different substrates have led to a rich flora, and as a result, a high diversity of habitats, among which two large forest types are particularly notable: (1) the dry forest with 81 endemic species, of which 10 are trees, 65 shrubs, 5 climbers and 1 herbaceous species, and an absence of epiphytes and (2) the cloud forest with 19 trees, 20 shrubs, 8 climbers, 4 epiphytes, and 6 herbaceous species. In all cases, these plant communities are regarded as endemic due to their high rate of endemic species. In spite of their importance for conservation, these habitats are highly deteriorated due to deforestation for agriculture, to obtain timber, and even to add to tourism infrastructures.

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Forests and Landscapes of Dominican Republic

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Spatiotemporal and meteorological trends in dengue transmission in the Dominican Republic, 2015-2019

Spatiotemporal and meteorological trends in dengue transmission in the Dominican Republic, 2015-2019

Spatiotemporal and meteorological relationships in dengue transmission in the Dominican Republic, 2015–2019

Advances in the Knowledge of the Vegetation of Hispaniola (Caribbean Central America)

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