Table of Contents

Foreword by Stephen Blackmore
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Out of the Ocean: The Origins of Belizean Life
Chapter 2. The Chiquibul Forest and Belize's Terrestrial Ecosystems
Chapter 3. From the Ancient Maya to the New Millennium: A History of Forest Use in the Chiquibul and Belize
Chapter 4. The Fauna of the Chiquibul
Chapter 5. Rhythm and Recovery: Ecological Associations, Seasonality, Hurricanes, and Forest Dynamics
Appendix A. Provisional Amphibian Species Checklist of the Chiquibul
Appendix B. Provisional Reptile Species Checklist of the Chiquibul
Appendix C. Provisional Mammal Species Checklist of the Chiquibul
Appendix D. Provisional Bird Species Checklist of the Chiquibul
Notes
Bibliography
Index
 

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About the Author

Samuel Bridgewater is an Associate Researcher with the Natural History Museum, London, and the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. He was formerly Research Station Manager at Las Cuevas in Belize. He is a field botanist, ecologist, and ethnobotanist with more than twenty years' experience working in Brazil, Peru, and Belize. He currently divides his time between Wester Ross, Scotland, where he coordinates a landscape partnership initiative, and Belize, where he continues to conduct ecological research.

Reviews

"Despite its history of disturbance, or maybe in part because of it, the Maya Forest is ranked as an important regional biodiversity hot spot and provides some of the last regional habitats for endangered species such as the jaguar, the scarlet macaw, Baird's tapir, and Morelet's crocodile...A good general introduction to the Chiquibul Forest of Belize." Ian Paulsen, GRRLSCIENTIST hosted by The Guardian, 15th January 2012