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51 relations: Agriculture, Amphibian, Arthropod, Baird's tapir, Belize, Belize Botanic Gardens, Belize River, Biodiversity, Bird, Bird of prey, Cahal Pech, Canoe, Caracol, Carrying capacity, Cayo District, Chaa Creek, Chalillo Dam, Chipping sparrow, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Conservation biology, Crossbill, Drainage basin, Eastern bluebird, Endangered species, Flood, Fortis Inc., Habitat, Hepatic tanager, Jaguar, Karst, Limestone, Logging, Mammal, Maya civilization, Maya Mountains, Megafauna, Mopan River, Morpho, Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve, Orange-breasted falcon, Pine siskin, Rare species, Reptile, River, Rufous-capped warbler, San Ignacio, Belize, Slash-and-burn, Threatened species, Tikal, Tropical forest, ..., Understory. Expand index (1 more) »
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.
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Amphibian
Amphibians are ectothermic, tetrapod vertebrates of the class Amphibia.
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Arthropod
An arthropod (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, "joint" and πούς pous, "foot") is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages.
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Baird's tapir
Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii), also known as the Central American tapir, is a species of tapir native to Mexico, Central America and northwestern South America.
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Belize
Belize, formerly British Honduras, is an independent Commonwealth realm on the eastern coast of Central America.
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Belize Botanic Gardens
Belize Botanic Gardens (BBG) is of native and exotic plants growing in the Cayo district of western Belize.
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Belize River
The Belize River (Río Belice) runs through the center of Belize.
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity, a portmanteau of biological (life) and diversity, generally refers to the variety and variability of life on Earth.
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Bird
Birds, also known as Aves, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
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Bird of prey
A bird of prey, predatory bird, or raptor is any of several species of bird that hunts and feeds on rodents and other animals.
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Cahal Pech
Cahal Pech is a Maya site located near the town of San Ignacio in the Cayo District of Belize.
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Canoe
A canoe is a lightweight narrow vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel using a single-bladed paddle.
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Caracol
Caracol is the name given to a large ancient Maya archaeological site, located in what is now the Cayo District of Belize.
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Carrying capacity
The carrying capacity of a biological species in an environment is the maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the food, habitat, water, and other necessities available in the environment.
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Cayo District
Cayo District is a district located in the west part of Belize.
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Chaa Creek
Chaa Creek is a tributary of the Macal River in the Cayo District in western Belize.
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Chalillo Dam
The Chalillo Dam is a gravity dam on the Macal River about south of San Ignacio in Cayo District, Belize.
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Chipping sparrow
The chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina) is a species of American sparrow, a passerine bird in the family Passerellidae.
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Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
The Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in the Stann Creek District of south-central Belize.
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Conservation biology
Conservation biology is the management of nature and of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting species, their habitats, and ecosystems from excessive rates of extinction and the erosion of biotic interactions.
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Crossbill
The crossbill is a genus, Loxia, of birds in the finch family (Fringillidae), with six species.
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Drainage basin
A drainage basin is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water.
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Eastern bluebird
The eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) is a small thrush found in open woodlands, farmlands, and orchards.
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Endangered species
An endangered species is a species which has been categorized as very likely to become extinct.
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Flood
A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry.
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Fortis Inc.
Fortis Inc. is a St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador based international diversified electric utility holding company.
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Habitat
In ecology, a habitat is the type of natural environment in which a particular species of organism lives.
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Hepatic tanager
The hepatic tanager (Piranga flava) is a medium-sized American songbird.
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Jaguar
The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a wild cat species and the only extant member of the genus Panthera native to the Americas.
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Karst
Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum.
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Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs.
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Logging
Logging is the cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars.
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Mammal
Mammals are the vertebrates within the class Mammalia (from Latin mamma "breast"), a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles (including birds) by the possession of a neocortex (a region of the brain), hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands.
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Maya civilization
The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization developed by the Maya peoples, and noted for its hieroglyphic script—the only known fully developed writing system of the pre-Columbian Americas—as well as for its art, architecture, mathematics, calendar, and astronomical system.
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Maya Mountains
The Maya Mountains are a mountain range located in Belize and eastern Guatemala, in Central America.
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Megafauna
In terrestrial zoology, megafauna (from Greek μέγας megas "large" and New Latin fauna "animal life") are large or giant animals.
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Mopan River
The Mopan River is a river in Central America spanning the Petén Department of Guatemala and the Cayo District of Belize.
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Morpho
The morpho butterflies comprise many species of Neotropical butterfly under the genus Morpho.
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Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve
Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve is a nature reserve in the Cayo District of southern central Belize.
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Orange-breasted falcon
The orange-breasted falcon (Falco deiroleucus) is a bird of the falcon family.
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Pine siskin
The pine siskin (Spinus pinus) is a North American bird in the finch family.
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Rare species
A rare species is a group of organisms that are very uncommon, scarce, or infrequently encountered.
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Reptile
Reptiles are tetrapod animals in the class Reptilia, comprising today's turtles, crocodilians, snakes, amphisbaenians, lizards, tuatara, and their extinct relatives.
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River
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river.
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Rufous-capped warbler
The rufous-capped warbler (Basileuterus rufifrons) is a New World warbler native from Mexico south to much of Central America, rarely occurring as far north as southeastern Arizona and south Texas.
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San Ignacio, Belize
Saint Nacho and Santa Elena are towns in western Belize that compromise the San Ignacio Municipal Group.
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Slash-and-burn
Slash-and-burn agriculture, or fire–fallow cultivation, is a farming method that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field called a swidden.
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Threatened species
Threatened species are any species (including animals, plants, fungi, etc.) which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future.
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Tikal
Tikal (Tik’al in modern Mayan orthography) is the ruin of an ancient city, which was likely to have been called Yax Mutal, found in a rainforest in Guatemala.
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Tropical forest
Tropical forests are forested landscapes in tropical regions: i.e. land areas approximately bounded by the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, but possibly affected by other factors such as prevailing winds.
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Understory
In forestry and ecology, understory (or understorey, underbrush, undergrowth) comprises plant life growing beneath the forest canopy without penetrating it to any great extent, but above the forest floor.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macal_River
