Bats
This part of the human body is analogous to the bat wing
Hand!
This equipment has a D-shape for a net attached on a wooden stick.
D-net
Every year we do this for turtle tracking
Track 10 turtles
The designated time in which certain game animals can be killed in certain designated areas
Hunting season
Tapir and Toucan
National Animals
What are the feeding guilds for bats?
Nectivores (nectar), insectivores (insect), frugivores (fruit), sanguinivore (blood), carnivore (meat), and piscivores (fish).
An organism or that tells the health of a habitat
Bioindicators
A method used by scientists to locate animals and track their movement and behaviour.
Radio Telemetry
This study includes the application of a metal band on the leg of a bird to study what migrant birds are doing on their wintering ground.
Bird Banding
Belize is known by these two tourist travel destinations.
The Great Barrier Reef and the Blue Hole
What is White Nose Syndrome and how does it affect bats?
It is a fungus that grows in the nasal passage of bats. It makes them wake up during hibernation and uses their stored energy (fat) before the ending of their hibernation period. They starve to death because of no fat reserves to wait out the winter.
Belize does not have a field guide specific for the country so we have adopted another country's classification key.
Costa Rica
This system is used to identify individual turtles
Notch Code
We have a partnership with this company that allows us to have study abroad programs, internships, and collaborations.
Ecorana
A hurricane struck the previous capital, Belize City, in 1961. The destruction was so severe that it prompted the government to relocate inland to a new city. What city is this?
Belmopan
Reasons as to why mist-netting in the tropics are important.
Mist-netting helps get data specific data that cannot be collected using acoustic monitoring. Nose leaf bats are not picked up in the acoustic device but are captured in nets.
List five (5) macroinvertebrates
Creeping Waterbug, Damselfly, Mayfly, Dragonfly, Caddisfly, Stonefly, Dobsonfly
This is the most important data collected during turtle tracking because we can use it to see where they were at that point in time.
GPS coordinates
Explain Slash-and-burn
Agricultural technique that encompasses the cutting of natural forest and subsequently burning all of it to turn the plot of land into farm lands.
Which district are we in?
Stann Creek
How many species in Belize?
73-75 in Belize
? = Number of families/sum of tolerance values
ASPT Score
Two of these are protective exoskeleton. One is on the dorsal (back) side and the other is on the ventral (front) side
Plastron (ventral) and carapace (dorsal)
A strategy used to improve the skillset of individuals which feeds off to an increase in productivity and problem solving skills
Capacity Building
These two things sets our flag apart from other countries and makes it unique.
Coat of arms and our flag features humans