- Environmental
Impact Assessment Prepared for "RSM Production Corporation"
Seismic Activities in the Orange Walk District, Belize.
Prepared by BEnCo Ltd. October 2006.
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- Machaca
Hill Lodge Quick Identification Guide. Pictures
of 40 common and/or conspicuous plants found on the grounds
of this lodge in the Toledo District (pdf 2,784 kb). Part
of a larger report
(pdf 3,082 kb).
- Gragra
Lagoon National Park Management Plan 2006:
Management completed for this coastal ecosystem just south
of Dangriga in the Stann Creek District (pdf 3,373 kb).
Mangrove
and Conservation Value Assessment at Northern Turneffe,
2006:
A study carried out on behalf of the Forest Department investigating
the status of the Mangrove stands on Northern Turneffe Atoll.
Also looks into wildlife issues such as the pledge of the
American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) (pdf 4.9
mb).
Compilation
of Information on Biodiversity in Belize
2006:
68 pp + app. Report requested by the National Institute
fo Biodiversity (INBio) in Costa Rica. The report provides
a compilation of the information of Belize on the state
of knowledge and conservation of biodiversity and the species
of vertebrates in particular.. pfd
8.1 mb. Be carefull, large file! Download directly from
BERDS.
Final
National Protected Areas System Plan Report (systhesis
of all sub-consultancy reports: Meerman & Wilson, January
2006. pdf 2,554 kb. See also project
page. For more reports in the 2004-2006 National
Protected Areas Systems Project
Belize
Biodiversity Mapping Service. Meerman J. C.,
J. Clabaugh and M. Vasquez. 2005. Public Access to Biodiversity
Information via the Web. Feature Article in GIM International
(pdf, 729 kb).
Xate
in the Columbia River Forest Reserve, Meerman, J. C. 2004.
report on densities of Chamaedorea species
in the Hurricane affected areas of the Columbia River Forest
Reserve, Southern Belize. pdf
3,237 kb. Be careful, large file!
Columbia
River Forest Reserve (Past Hurricane Iris) Rapid Ecological
Assessment. Meerman, J. C. 2004. Study to regeneration
levels in the Columbia River Forest Reserve (Southern Belize)
which was severely affected by Hurricane Iris in 2001. The
study also makes recommendations on the future of salvage
logging operations going on in the Forest Reserve: pdf
660kb
A
recent population assessment of the American crocodile (Crocodylus
acutus) in Turneffe Atoll, Belize. Steven Platt,
Thomas Rainwater and Stephen Nichols (pdf 192 kb)
Low
levels of nucleotide diversity in Crocodylus moreletii and
evidence of hybridization with C. acutus. Ray et al. 2004.
14 pp. (pdf 210 kb)
The
Columbia River Forest Reserve: Little Quartz Ridge Expedition,
A Biological Assessment. Meerman J. C. & S. Matola (eds.),
2003. Columbia
University Printing Services. 93 pp. (pdf 2,405 kb).
Sarstoon
Temash Rapid Ecological Assessment: Sarstoon
Temash REA Final Report December 2003 (pdf 3,560 kb)
Rapid
Ecological Assessment of the Mayflower Bocawina National
Park
J.
C. Meerman, B. Holland, A. Howe, H.L. Jones, B.W. Miller.
2003. pdf files. Final
Report: 2,102 kb
Harpy
Eagle Release Update. October 2003, by Sharon Matola
(website, 2 pages)
Fascinating
Species of the Genus Passiflora
Belize
Chapter in the book of Bettina & Torsten Ulmer (in press).
(link to website)
Map
of the Ecosystems of Central America
Vreugdenhil, D.,
J. Meerman, A. Meyrat, L. Diego Gómez, and D. J.
Graham. 2002. Map of the Ecosystems of Central America:
Final Report. World Bank, Washington, D.C. (Zipped Adobe
Acrobat file).
Oxybelis
aeneus (Wagler):
an addition to the herpetofauna of Turneffe Atoll, Belize.
Platt, Meerman, Rainwater & Finger, 2002. (pdf, 56 kb)
Tokay
Gecko Gekko gecko. (L) established on South Water
Caye, Belize
Meerman, J. &
J. Garel, 2002. Reports on the establishment of the Asian
Tokay Gecko on one of the Belizean islands.
Ecosystems
Mapping of Central America: Belize
This report on
Belizean Ecosystems and vegetation types was produced as
part of the Central American Ecosystems Map (Worldbank/CCAD)
and recognizes 86 different ecosystems for Belize. Meerman
& Sabido, 2001
Feasibility
Study of the Northern Biological Corridor
Details the potential
of a Biological Corridor through Northern Belize. With maps
and site descriptions. A study commissioned by Programme
for Belize. 2001 (Adobe Acrobat 8,469 kb)
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Lepidoptera
of Belize1. Butterflies, 2. Emperor Moths and Hawk
Moths.
J. C. Meerman,
2001. This is an annotated checklist of the more conspicuous
Lepidoptera families of Belize: Papilionidae (37 species),
Pieridae (39 species), Lycaenidae (67 species),
Riodinidae (70 species), Libytheidae (1 species),
Nymphalidae (85 species), Saturniidae (53 species)
and Sphingidae (103 species). In addition, this
publication provides some information on seasonality
and caterpillar foodplants.
This publication
can be ordered from: ATL Books, P. O. Box 141210,
Gainesville, FL. Phone: 32614-1210, FAX: (352) 373-3249.,
Website: Click
here
Price US$ 18.-- Association for Tropical Lepidoptera
members pay US$ 10.-- A field guide for the butterflies
of Belize is in preparation.
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Floristic
Guide to the Flora of Rio Blanco National Park
J. Meerman, 2001.
Picture guide to 40 plant species found in the Rio Blanco
National Park. Toledo district, Belize. (pdf file 303 Kb).
Diversity,
observations, and conservation of the herpetofauna of Turneffe,
Lighthouse, and Glovers Atolls, Belize.
Platt, Meerman
& Rainwater, 1999 (pdf 166 kb)
Rapid
Ecological Assessment El Pilar Archaeological Reserve.
Meerman, J. C. 1998. 20 pp + app.
Local
treatment of human botfly myiasis in Belize
Platt,
Schmidhauser & Meerman, 1997. (pdf, 18 kb)
Urania
fulgens and other lepidoptera migrations in Belize
J.
C. Meerman & T. Boomsma, 1997. (pdf 56 kb)
Vegetative
Key to the Passionflowers of Belize
J.
C. Meerman, 1997 (pdf 83 kb)
Half
Moon Caye, Belize. Terrestrial Survey Results and Management
implications. Meerman, 1996. (pdf 182 kb) Reports
on the terrestrial flora and fauna of this remote island
with special attention to the unique reptile fauna. Discusses
the negative effects of Coconut trees as an invasive species
in this fragile habitat.
Odonata
of Belize
Boomsma, T &
Dunkle, 1995. Annotated checklist. (pdf 388 kb)
Black
Jaguars in Belize?: A Survey of Melanism in the Jaguar,
Panthera onca. J. R. Meyer. 1994.
The
Woodstork colonies in the North Eastern Corozal District,
Belize. 1991 and 1992 seasons, including a report on other
bird colonies in the Chetumal Bay Area. Meerman,
J. C. 1994. Estudio Integral de la Frontera Mexico-Belice.
CIQRO, Chetumal Mexico. pp. 113-118. (pdf, 257 kb).
Dealing with nesting colonies of American Woodstork (Mycteria
americana), Roseate Spoonbill, Reddish Egret, Boat-billed
Heron, Great Egret, Tricolored Heron, Anhinga, Double Crested
Cormorant, Brown Pelican, Magnificent Frigatebird, White
Ibis.
The
status of crocodiles in the Eastern Corozal District, Belice.
Meerman, J. C.,
1994. Estudio Integral de la Frontera Mexico-Belice.
CIQRO, Chetumal Mexico. pp 107-112. (pdf 199kb). Reporting
on the Morelets Crocodile Crocodylus moreleti and
American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus in Northern
Belize.
Biodiversity
of the Shipstern Nature Reserve
Meerman J. C. & T. Boomsma, 1993.
Listing of plant and animal species recorded in the Shipstern
Nature Reserve, Corozal District, Belize. Groups discussed
are: Flora, Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Hawkmoths, Satunid
Moths, Fishes, Amphibian, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals (pdf
442 kb).
Freshwater
Fishes and Aquatic Ecoystems observed in Belize and with
special reference to Shipstern Nature Reserve and Whitewater
Lagoon. DeRham, 1990. (pdf 166 kb).
Publications
regarding biodiversity outside Belize:
The
subspecies of Hyles tithymali with a description
of a new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Meerman,
J.C. 1988. Ent. Ber. Amst. 48: 61-67. (pdf 302 kb) Description
of Hyles euphorbiae (tithymali) himyarensis from
Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula.
Der
Hyles euphorbiae-Komplex; die Wolfsmilch-schwärmer
von Kreta (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Meerman,
J.C. & G. Smid. 1988. Ent.Z. 98(12): 161-176. (pdf 362
kb). In German. On an abberant (hybrid?) population of the
hawkmoth Hyles euphorbiae/tithymali from the island
of Crete.
De
Nederlandse Pijlstaartvlinders (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae).
Meerman, J. C. 1987. Wetenschappelijke Mededeling
van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging
nr. 180: 60pp. (pdf 2,754 kb). In Dutch: Study into biology,
ecology and distribution of Hawkmoths in the Netherlands.
Der
wenig bekannte Schwalbenschwanz aus Nord-Jemen, Papilio
saharae rathjensi Warnecke 1932 - Freilandbeobachtungen
un Zucht (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Meerman
J. C. & T. Boomsma. 1986. Ent.Z. 96(13):177-192. (pdf:
189 kb) In German about fieldobservations and captive rearing
of the Swallowtail Butterfly from Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula.
Mabuya
brauni hildae Loveridge, 1953 considered a synonym of
M. Brauni Tornier, 1902 (Sauria: Scincidae).
Meerman, J. C. 1984. Taxonomic revision of a Tanzania skink.
(pdf 98kb)
De
Nachtpauwoog op Schouwen Duiveland. Meerman,
J.C. 1983. Sterna 27(2): 48-50 (pdf 122 kb). Taxonomic status
of Saturnia pavonia (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)
on the island of Schouwen Duiveland in Zeeland, the Netherlands.
Seven-week
persistence of an oviposition-deterrent pheromone
Schoonhoven, Sparnaay,
Van Wissen & Meerman, 1981. Pheromones on the eggs of
Cabbage Whites Pieris brassicae, deter other females
from laying more eggs on the same plant. (pdf 142 kb)
Metabolic
cost of changes in diet and neutralization of allelochemics.
Schoonhoven &
Meerman, 1978. Caterpillars use food on which they have
been grown more efficiently than a novel food. (pdf 141
kb)
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