Hispaniola

A Photographic Journey through Island Biodiversity

Biodiversidad a Través de un Recorrido Fotográfico

Eladio Fernández

Foreword by Edward O. Wilson Introduction by Philippe Bayard, Société Audubon Haïti

  • Silver Medal, 2008 Nautilus Book Awards, Animals/Nature category
  • Prólogo Foreword Edward O. Wilson
  • Introducción Introduction Philippe Bayard
  • Notas del Fotógrafo Photographer's Note Eladio Fernández

Ensayos Essays

  • Biodiversidad de las Aves de la Española Biodiversity of Birds on Hispaniola Steven C. Latta and Christopher C. Rimmer
  • Los Mamíferos de la Española: Paleobiología, Biodiversidad, y Conservación The Mammals of Hispaniola: Paleobiology, Biodiversity, and Conservation Charles A. Woods and José A. Ottenwalder
  • Los Anfibios y Reptiles de la Española y Su Conservación The Amphibians and Reptiles of Hispaniola and Their Conservation S. Blair Hedges
  • Los Insectos de la Española The Insects of Hispaniola Brian Farrell
  • La Flora y Vegetación de la Española The Flora and Vegetation of Hispaniola Milcíades Mejía and Ricardo García
  • Los Macro-Hongos de la Española: Esquivos, Bellos, y a la Espera de Ser Descubiertos The Macrofungi of Hispaniola: Elusive, Beautiful, and Awaiting Discovery Timothy J. Baroni and Sharon A. Cantrell
  • Mapa Map

Fotografías Photographs

  • Parque Nacional Lago Enriquillo
  • Reserva Biológica Bahoruco Oriental
  • Parque Nacional Jaragua
  • Parque Nacional Sierra de Bahoruco
  • Parc National la Visite
  • Parc National Pic Macaya
  • Massif du Nord
  • Parque Nacional Montecristi
  • Cayos los Siete Hermanos
  • Reserva Científica Ébano Verde
  • Parque Nacional Armando Bermúdez
  • Parque Nacional José Del Carmen Ramírez
  • Parque Nacional Juan B. Pérez Rancier
  • Parque Nacional Los Haitises
  • Parque Nacional del Este
  • Monumento Natural las Dunas de Baní
  • Amenazas a los Recursos Naturales en la Española Threats to the Natural Resources of Hispaniola
  • Agradecimientos Acknowledgments
  • Contribuidores Contributors
  • Cover: Hispaniola
  • A photo of the author

Eladio Fernández is a naturalist and a conservation photographer specializing in the fauna and flora of the Greater Antilles. Based in his native Dominican Republic, he is president of Sociedad Ornitologica Hispaniola, a conservation organization that works to save critically endangered birds. Fernández is also active in Societé Audubon d'Haïti, a sister organization based in Port-au-Prince, which works towards the preservation of Haiti's two remaining national parks, Pic Macaya and La Visite. He is a contributor to the field guide Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Edward O. Wilson is Pellegrino University Professor at Harvard University. In addition to two Pulitzer Prizes (one of which he shares with Bert Hölldobler), Wilson has won many scientific awards, including the National Medal of Science and the Crafoord Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.