Category Archives: Caribbean

Survival and rebound of Antillean dry forests: Role of forest fragments

Antillean dry forests have experienced high levels of human impact for almost five centuries. Economic changes in the second half of the 20th century have facilitated forest recovery in Puerto Rico. We quantified the extent of forest cover and the … Continue reading

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A footnote to the British Empire

In his 2002 review of The Mystic Masseur, Roger Ebert wrote The West Indies were a footnote to the British Empire, and the Indian community of Trinidad was a footnote to the footnote. Even intelligent, educated people tend to make the … Continue reading

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