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A
full list of the numerous projects, publications and presentations
delivered by Las Cuevas since becoming operational in 1995 is
presented below
(Researchers - if your projects not listed and
should be please let us know)
The list reflects the great diversity and depth
of work undertaken at Las Cuevas, and demonstrates that Las Cuevas
has become a thriving and internationally important centre for
biodiversity research. You will see that there has been a steady
increase in the number of Scientists and Students working at Las
Cuevas, with people from Belize, USA and Canada studying alongside
those from Britain.
Whilst there have been are many significant achievements in the last
5 years, we would highlight these in particular:
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Between 2001
and 2003 staff at Las Cuevas played a leading role in providing
objective and informed data to the international debate
surrounding a proposed dam at Chalillo on the Macal River. The
wildlife impact assessment field work and report carried out by
Las Cuevas provided the most respected and valuable basis for
decision making. Uniquely, Las Cuevas was able to provide
unbiased, accurate and valid information to all parties
including the Government of Belize, NGOs, campaigners, media and
developers.
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The Harpy
Eagle Project, based at and supported by Las Cuevas, is an
exciting programme aimed at re-introducing one of the world’s
largest eagles into part of its former range. The successful
release of the first 4 eagles has taken place at a ‘hack’ site
run by Las Cuevas. This has been a flagship project for the
Meso-American Biological Corridor.
Research
Projects at Las Cuevas between 1998 - 2003:
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Alastair Rogers |
New Millennium Expedition to the Upper Raspaculo, Maya
Mountains. |
NHM |
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Tank bromeliads in Chiquibul Forest: their associated
diversity and conservation value |
NHM |
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Alex Monro |
Botanical Collections |
NHM |
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Allan Warren |
Studies on the use of constructed wetlands for wastewater
treatment |
NHM |
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Andrew Jackson
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Parasitoid wasp collection |
University of Oxford |
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Andy Englis |
Small mammal survey |
University California Davis |
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Andy Polazek |
Whitefly collections |
NHM |
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Angel Mula |
Harpy Eagle Release Project |
Peregrine Fund |
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Angela Newton |
Floristic studies of neo-tropical mosses
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NHM |
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Anna Watson |
Automated hawkmoth identification using resting position
images |
University of Wales |
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Barry Fox |
Entomological Collections |
Independent |
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Barry Meatyard |
Student Group Visit |
Brathay Expeditions |
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Bill Dubbin |
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Bradley Kropp |
Macro-Fungi of Belize |
Utah State University |
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Brian Holland |
Geological review of Macal Valley |
Belize Minerals |
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Bruce Miller |
Bat Soundings |
Wildlife Conservation Society |
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Caroline Whitefoord |
Botanical Collections |
NHM |
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Cecilia Sanchez |
Population dynamics of Brysonomia Classifora (Breadnut) |
NHM |
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Charles Godfray |
Leaf miner studies |
Imperial College |
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Charles Yaculik
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Leaf miner studies
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University of Oxford |
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Chris Bowls |
Macal River Flow Monitoring Project
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PWA |
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Christine Taylor |
Leaf-cutter ant study |
NHM |
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Craig Weatherby |
Herpetological site visit |
Michigan University |
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Daegan Inward |
Dung Beetle Collection |
Imperial College |
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Student Group Ecology Course |
Edinburgh University |
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David Sutton |
Diversity and Dynamics of forest communities
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NHM |
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Elizabeth Wilder |
Agro ecosystems as refuges for forest butterfly |
Imperial College |
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Emily Fitzgerald |
Project Anuran Phase II |
University of Edinburgh |
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Erika Elswick |
Geological survey |
Indiana University |
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Population
structure of Schizolobium parahyba in Belize |
Cambridge
University |
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Eve
Dyson |
MSc
Study |
Imperial College |
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Forrest Davis |
Avifauna studies |
HLT |
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Francis de la Santos |
Radio tagging Brown Capped Warblers |
University of York |
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Fred Rumsey |
Allozyme invariability in Hepatics |
NHM |
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Geoff Martin |
Lepidoptera Belize: DNA methods for
collecting, preserving and storing. |
NHM |
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George McGavin |
Membracidae: The Art and Science of Treehopper Disguises. |
University of Oxford |
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Hans Klompen |
Soil – Micro mites |
Utah State University |
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Holly Porter Morgan |
Study of the flowering phenology and pollination ecology of
Camaedorea (Palmae) |
NYBG |
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Ian
Menzies |
Project Anuran IV |
University of Edinburgh |
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James Churchill |
Frog Study |
Acadia University |
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Jeffrey Maurer |
Student Group Visit |
Sierra Institute |
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John Martin |
Host-correlated inventory study of whiteflies
and other sternorrhynchous Heiptera |
NHM |
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John Shuey |
Entomological Collection
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TNC |
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K.
Sidwell |
Curators Collecting Trip |
NHM |
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Karen Allen |
Student Group Ecology Course |
SI |
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Kate Finlinson |
Project Anuran Phase III |
EU |
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Kris Kaiser |
Frog Study |
Cleveland State University |
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Malcolm Beasley |
The
Belize Bibliography Project |
NHM |
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Mamen Pena |
Aboreles de Mundo Maya |
NHM |
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Marcella Kelly |
Jaguar abundance |
VTU |
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Martin Kellman |
Forest refuge in the MPR |
University of York |
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Mathew Barnes |
Moths of Belize
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Independent |
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Mathew Miller |
Student Group Ecology Course |
Monkey Bay Sanctuary |
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Matt Kaplan |
Science Communication to Darwin Building |
NHM |
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Meg
Krawcnuk |
Beetle Collections |
Acadia University |
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Meg
Yeadon |
Beetle ecological interactions |
Acadia University |
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Melissa Alexander |
Live Web Casts |
SFE |
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Miriam Kahlil |
Student Group Visit |
International Field School |
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Nancy Garwood |
Variation in morphology and life history traits of Trema
micrantha |
NHM |
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Nancy Garwood |
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ha Forest Dynamics Plot at Las Cuevas, Belize
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NHM |
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Neil Stuart |
Geo-reference mapping |
University of Edinburgh |
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Nick Arnold |
Herpetological studies |
NHM |
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Nick Wicks
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Xate study |
NHM |
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Nigel Gibbens |
Veterinarian Studies |
Independent |
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Noel Wanner
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Live Web Casts 2 |
San
Francisco Exploratorium |
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Osmany Salas |
Belize Bird Count |
Belize Audubon Society |
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Owen Lewis |
Coexistence of competitors in a fragmented landscape: insect
and parasitoids |
University of Oxford |
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Paolo Alfonso Pedata
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Whitefly collection |
CNR |
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Pat
Murphy |
Preliminary site visit for joint NHM/SFE webcast |
San
Francisco Exploratorium |
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Paul Davis |
Palaeobotany of the Cretaceous period |
NHM |
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Paul Kenrick |
Palaeozoic palaeobotany and Cretaceous and Tertiary
palaeozoology of Belize |
NHM |
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Paul Waring |
Entomological Studies |
British Ecological Studies |
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Peter Furley |
Soil and Plant relationships in the Chiquibul Forest Reserve |
University of Edinburgh |
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Peter Stafford |
Ecology and population status of Morelet’s crocodile
(Crocodylus moreletii). |
NHM |
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Phil Taylor |
Winter
Avifauna of Las Cuevas |
Acadia University |
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Philip Balderamos |
Belize Bird Count |
UNDP |
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Phill Walts |
Reconnaissance visit for future Tropical Ecology Course |
Carson Nature Centre |
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Rebecca Morris |
Experimental community ecology using tropical
host-parasitoid assemblages |
Imperial College |
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Richard Harbord |
Chiropteran mammal species abundance and diversity
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NHM |
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Rimantis Puplesis |
Taxonomy and Systematics of Microlepidoptera |
NHM |
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Rob
Knell |
Student Group Ecology Course |
QCL |
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Ronald Cave |
Pine Forest regeneration project |
Independent |
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Sally Bradden |
Bryophytes Ecology |
University of York |
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Sarah Metcalf |
Tephra chronological studies of Northern Yucatan |
University of Edinburgh |
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Seyoha Harris |
Frog Studies |
University of Pennsylvania |
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Sharon Matola |
Scarlet Macaw Studies |
Belize Zoo |
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Stacy Smith |
Bee
pollination studies |
Reading University |
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Stephan Helfler |
MSc
Botanical Taxonomy |
RBGE |
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Stephen Alvarez |
Photographic expedition of Chiquibul Cave System |
National Geographic |
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Stephen Reichling |
Herptelogical Study |
Memphis Zoo |
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Steve Blackmore, |
Palonological Studies of Belize |
RBGE |
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Genetic evaluation of CITES II protected spiders of the
genus Brachypelma |
NHM |
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Suzanne Kelly
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Whitefly Collection |
University of Arizona |
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Tim
Caro |
Mammal abundance and diversity in the Chiquibul Forest
Reserve: |
University California Davis |
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Toby Gardner |
Project Anuran Phase I |
University of Edinburgh |
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Tom
Miller |
Spediological studies of the Chiquibul Cave System |
University of Puerto Rico |
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Tony Shelly |
The
Simuliidae of Belize |
NHM |
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Venetia Briggs |
Frogs |
University of Miami |
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Viveca Peerson |
Historical vegetation of Belize |
NHM |
Publications:
Barnes, M.
J. C. 2001. Moths of Belize An illustrated catalogue of the larger
moths of Belize.
http://www.mbarnes.force9.co.uk/belizemoths/belizehome.htm
Blackmore, S. (1999). Las Cuevas Research Station:
Update to Management Plan 1999. 8
Blackmore, S., Knapp, S., Minty, C. & Sanders, L.
(1998). Las Cuevas Research Station:
Blackmore, S., Sutton, D. & Monro, A. (1995).
Las Cuevas Research Station: First
Caro, T.M., Kelly, M.J, Bol, N., Matola, S. 2001.
Inventorying mammals at multiple sites in the Maya
mountains of Belize. Journal of Mammalogy. 82(1):43-50
[peer-reviewed].
Dyson, E. An investigation into the influence of
environmental variables on the distribution of bryophytes in
Belize. MSc Thesis, Imperial/NHM.
Fitzherbert,
E. & Gardner, T. 2001. Project Anuran. FROGLOG, Number 48. (Dec.
2001).
http://www2.open.ac.uk/biology/froglog/FROGLOG-48-1.html
Gardner, T. (in press). Declining amphibian
populations: a global phenomenon in conservation biology. Animal
Biodiversity and Conservation.
Gardner, T. Project Anuran. Belize Research Group
Meeting, University of Warwick, September 2001. (contributed talk).
Gardner, T. & Fitzherbert, E. 2001. Project Anuran: a
multi-species monitoring
Gardner,
T. , Fitzherbert, E., Hill, N., Williams, L. 2001. Project Anuran
Phase I. Main report. An ecological research project concerned with
the assessment and monitoring of anuran populations in the region of
Las Cuevas, Chiquibul Forest Reserve, Belize. University of
Edinburgh. (June 2001.) 117 pp. (pdf,
www.projectanuran.org)
[report]
Gardner, T.,
Bol, M., Bucknill, F., Coc, N., Fitzherbert, E., Hart, N. 2001.
Project Anuran Phase II. Preliminary Report. An ecological
research project concerned with the assessment and monitoring of
anuran populations in the region of Las Cuevas, Chiquibul Forest
Reserve, Belize. University of Edinburgh. (September 2001.) 26 pp.
(pdf,
www.projectanuran.org)
[report]
Garwood, N. (1999). A new Forest Dynamics Plot in
Belize. Newsletter of the Center for Forest
Dynamics
Garwood, N., Parrish, T., Dalling, J., & Vogel, J.
2002. Untangling the species complex of Trema micrantha
(Celtidaceae): morphology and molecules. In Programme & Abstracts of
the 35th Annual Meeting, Population Genetics Group: 21. [abstract] [SPIS
No.: 1319].
Garwood, N., Parrish, T., Dalling, J., & Vogel, J.
Untangling the species complex of Trema micrantha (Celtidaceae):
morphology and molecules. 35th Annual Meeting of the Population
Genetics Group, University of Leeds, January 2002. (contributed
poster).
Garwood, N.C. Plotting and networking in a Floral
Maze. Tropical Botany Day, The Natural History Museum, June 2001.
(invited talk) [ SPIS No.: 1323].
Garwood, N.C. The Fifty Hectare Plot at Las Cuevas.
Belize Research Group Meeting, University of Warwick, September
2001. (contributed talk).
Godfray H. C. J., Lewis O. T., Memmott J. 1999.
Studying insect diversity in the tropics. Philosophical Transactions
of the Royal Society of London Series B 354: 1811-1824.
Hayward, A. 2001. Tank bromeliads in Chiquibul
Forest: their associated diversity and conservation value. MSc.
Thesis. Imperial College/NHM.
Kamau, E., Garwood, N., & Barrett, J. Genetic
structure at the margins of a widespread tropical tree species: a
study of Schizolobium parahyba in Belize. Belize Research Group
Meeting, University of Warwick, September 2001). (contributed
poster).
Kamau, E., Garwood, N., Barrett, J., & Vogel, J.
2001. Genetic structure at the margins of a widespread tropical tree
species: a study of Schizolobium parahyba in Belize. In Timetable,
Abstracts & Participants of the Third Biennial Conference of the
Systematics): 68. [abstract] [SPIS No.: 1318].
Kamau, E., Garwood, N., Barrett, J., & Vogel, J.
Genetic structure at the margins of a widespread tropical tree
species: a study of Schizolobium parahyba in Belize. The Third
Biennial Conference of the Systematics Association, Imperial
College, London, September 2001. (contributed poster).
Lewis, O. Effect of experimental selective logging on
tropical butterflies. Royal Entomological Society Conservation
Special Interest Group, November 1999, and Butterfly Conservation
International Symposium, Oxford, September 1999. (contributed
talks).
Lewis, O. Effect of experimental selective logging on
tropical butterflies. Third International Butterfly Ecology and
Evolution Symposium, Colorado, August 1998. (contributed poster).
Lewis, O. Structure of a diverse tropical forest
insect-parasitoid community. ECOSUR, Chiapas, Mexico, March 2000,
and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, October 2000.
(invited seminars).
Lewis, O. Structure of a diverse tropical forest
insect-parasitoid community. - Cardiff University, School of
Biosciences, January 2002. (invited seminar).
Lewis, O. Structure of a diverse tropical forest
insect-parasitoid community. 21st International Congress of
Entomology, Brazil, August 2000.
Lewis, O. Structure of a diverse tropical forest
insect-parasitoid community. British Ecological Society Winter
Meeting, December 1999.
Lewis, O.T. and Morris, R.J. Spatial patterns of
herbivore and parasitoid attack in a tropical forest: implications
for the maintenance of tropical diversity (in preparation).
Lewis, O.T., Memmott, J., LaSalle, J., Lyal, C.H.C.,
Whitefoord, C. and Godfray, H.C.J. (712002). Structure of a diverse
tropical forest insect-parasitoid community. Journal of Animal
Ecology 71: 855-873.
Miller, B.W. 2001. Preliminary survey of the bats of
Las Cuevas BM Field Station, and Ek Tun lodge property on Macal
River. June 16-20, 2001. WCS Tropical Forest and Reserve Planning
Project Technical Report. 21pp.
Miller, T. Inside the Chiquibul: Exploring Central
America's longest cave(photographs by Stephen Alvarez). National
Geographic. April 2000 [popular science article].
Minty, C. “Those Dam Canadians”. Acadia University,
January 2002. (invited talk).
Minty, C. Co-Management of Protected Areas in
Belize. Meso-American Biological Corridor (Belize) Working Group,
Belmopan, November 2001. (contributed talk).
Minty, C. Impact of Chalillo Dam. Presentation to Mr
Keith Martin MP Canadian Alliance, Chaa Creek, August 2001. (invited
talk).
Minty, C. Las Cuevas Research Station. Cleveland
Heights Tropical Group, Cleveland. December 2001. (invited talk).
Minty, C. Money, Macaws and Mahogany. Presentation
to Geography Dept, University of Edinburgh, September 2001. (invited
talk).
Minty, C. Wildlife on the Macal River. Belize
Research Group Meeting, University of Warwick, September 2001
(contributed talk)
Minty, C.D., Bol, N. & Meerman, J. 2001. Rapid
Management Assessment of Victoria Peak National Monument. 31pp.
[report].
Minty, C.D., Bol, N., Meerman, J. & MacGill, J.
2001. Rapid Management Assessment of Freshwater Creek Forest
Reserve. 30pp. [report].
Minty, C.D., Bol, N., Vasquez, M. & Wilson, R. 2001.
Rapid Management Assessment of Five Blues Lake
National Park. 27 pp. [report].
Minty, C.D., Sutton, D.A., Rogers, A..D.F., Bateman,
R.M., Penn, M., Stafford, P.J. & Sanders, L.M. 2001. Wildlife Impact
Assessment: Macal River Upper Storage Facility. 54 pp. + appendices.
[report].
Morris, R.J and Lewis, O.T. (2002). The role of
indirect interactions in structuring tropical insect communities.
Oikos 97: 308-311.
Murray, M.R & Penn, M.G., 2000. Kriging soil depth:
the benefits of prior statistical investigation. In Proceedings of
Geostat (2000), (eds) Atkinson, P.M, Riding, A.E. & Tate, N.N.
University of Leicester, pp. 101-105 [peer-reviewed paper].
Murray, M.R., Zisman, S.A., Furley, P.A., Munro, D.M.,
Gibson, J., Ratter, J., Bridgewater, S., Minty, C.D. & Place, C.J.
2003. The mangroves of Belize - distribution, composition and
classification. In: Forest Ecology and Management 174 (2003)
265–279
Parrish, T., Garwood, N, Dalling, J., & Vogel, J.
2001. Untangling the species complex of Trema micrantha (Ulmaceae):
morphology and molecules. In Timetable, Abstracts &
Participants of the Third Biennial Conference of the
Systematics Association: 71. [abstract] [SPIS No.: 1319].
Parrish, T., Garwood, N, Dalling, J., & Vogel, J.
Untangling the species complex of Trema micrantha (Ulmaceae):
morphology and molecules. The Third Biennial Conference of the
Systematics Association, Imperial College, London, September 2001.
(contributed poster).
Parrish, T., Garwood, N, Dalling, J., & Vogel, J.
Untangling the species complex of Trema micrantha (Ulmaceae):
morphology and molecules. Belize Research Group Meeting, University
of Warwick, September 2001. (contributed poster) [SPIS No.: 1319].
Pearce, F. 2001. Concrete jungle - Dam set to go
ahead despite danger to wildlife. New Scientist 172: 4-4. Dec 29
2001.
Peña Chocarro, M., Tun, J. & Knapp, S. Arboles del
Mundo Maya: un proyecto de colaboración. V Congreso Mesoamericano,
San Salvador, El Salvador, October 2001. (contributed). [SPIS No.
405].
Penn, M.G & Furley. Plant diversity in tropical
forests and the role of soil micro-variation. Carnegie Trust
meeting. Edinburgh, May 2001. (invited talk) [SPIS- 1088].
Penn, M.G. Spatial analysis of forest composition,
Belize. AGI, London, September 2001.
Puplesis, R., Diškus, A. & Robinson, G.S. 2002. New
Neotropical Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from the western Amazonian
rainforest and the Andes of Ecuador. Bulletin of the Natural
History Museum, London, Entomology, 71: 19-58, figs 1-102.
Puplesis, R., Diškus, A., Robinson, G.S. & Onore, G.
2002. A review and checklist of the Neotropical Nepticulidae
(Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London,
Entomology, 71: 59-76, figs 1-23.
Purplesis, R. & Robinson, G.S., 2000. A review of the
Central and South American Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) with special
reference to Belize. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum,
London, Entomology. 69(1): 3-114, figs1-223. [peer-reviewed
article].
Queenborough, S. 2001. Botanical inventory of 1 ha
of deciduous forest in Belize. MSc Thesis. Royal Botanic Gardens
Edinburgh/ University of Edinburgh.
Queenborough, S. 2001. Botanical inventory of 1 ha
of deciduous forest in Belize. British Ecological Society Winter,
Meeting 2001. (contributed poster).
Queenborough, S.A., Bol, N.C., Bridgewater, S.
(manuscript). Relationships between the tropical deciduous forests
of Belize.
Rogers, A.D.F., Sutton, D.A. and Stafford, P.J.
(eds). 2001. The New Millennium Expedition: Joint Services
Scientific Expedition 2000 to the Upper Raspaculo, Maya Mountains,
and limestone karst of the western Chiquibul area, Belize. The
Natural History Museum. 51 pp. [report].
Sanders, L (ed.). 2002. Las Cuevas: the newsletter of
the Las Cuevas Research Station. Issue No. 9 (April 2002). 12pp.
Shelley, A. J., Hernandez, L. M. & Penn, M.G. (In
press). A Biosystematic revision of the blackfiles (Diptera:
Simuliidae) of Belize, Central America. Bulletin of the Natural
History Musuem, London (Entomology).
Sutton, D.A., Hughes, A., Bulmer-Thomas, B. 2000.
Recent records of pteridophytes for Belize, Central America.
Bulletin Natural History Museum. London, Botany. 30(2): 81-99.
[peer-reviewed paper]. Tropical Forest Science, Smithsonian
Institution (Summer 1999), p. 2.
Wilder, E. The value of agroecosystems as refuges
for forest butterfly fauna. MSc Thesis, Imperial/NHM.
Yesson, C. Investigating the phylogenetic
relationships within the genus Trema (Celtidaceae) using ITS, trnL
and rps4 genes. MSc Thesis, Imperial/NHM.
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