There is concern that secondary forests dominated by introduced species, known as novel forests, increase taxonomical similarity between localities and lead to biotic homogenization in human-dominated landscapes. In Puerto Rico, agricultural abandonment has given way to novel forests dominated…
Global biodiversity is changing rapidly driven by human alteration of habitat, and nowhere this is more dramatic than in insular habitats. Yet land-cover change is a complex phenomenon that not only involves habitat destruction but also forest recovery over different time scales. Therefore, we…
Eleutherodactylus coqui, a small frog native to Puerto Rico, was introduced to Hawaii in the late 1980s, presumably as a hitchhiker on plant material from the Caribbean or Florida (Kraus et al. 1999). The severity of the frogs' songs on the island of Hawaii has lead to a hypothesis touted…
We studied the ecological characteristics of 45-50-yr-old subtropical dry forest stands in Puerto Rico that were growing on sites that had been deforested and used intensively for up to 128 yr. The study took place in the Guánica Commonwealth Forest. Our objective was to assess the long-term…
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This Act makes provision for the payment of compensation for withholding of property by persons acting in collusion with tenants and for the recovery of non-paid rent. The Act also makes provision for the renewal of leases without the surrender of land.
En el marco de la política pública de fomento del desarrollo sustentable y de la conservación de los terrenos de alto valor ecológico, la presente Ley crea el Fondo para la Adquisición y Conservación de Terrenos de Puerto Rico. El Fondo será administrado del Departamento de Recursos Naturales y…
La presente Ley tiene por objeto la creación del Registro Interactivo de Propiedades Públicas con Oportunidad de Desarrollo Económico o Conservación y Protección, con el fin de asegurar la mejor utilización de la propiedad pública y fomentar el desarrollo económico, urbano y social. El artículo…
Las presentes disposiciones introducen algunas enmiendas a la Ley para el Plan de Uso de Terrenos del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. Las modificaciones se refieren en particular a las facultades que se atribuyen a la Oficina del Plan de Uso de Terrenos, al contenido del inventario de…