Publications

Outreach

• Hicatee Activity Book for kids
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  Freshwater Turtles of Belize
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  Lamanai Bird List
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  Mammals of Lamanai
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  Plants of Lamanai
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  Lamanai Maya Ruins Trail Guide
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  A Guide to Living with Wild Cats (Version en Español)
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  Reptiles and Amphibians of the Lamanai Outpost Lodge
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  Identification of Lamanai Ants
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  The Yeasts of Lamanai

Academic

• Briggs, V.S., F.J. Mazzotti, R.G. Harvey, T.K. Barnes, R. Manzanero, J.C. Meerman, P. Walker and Z. Walker. 2013. Conceptual Ecological Model of the Chiquibul/Maya Mountain Massif, Belize. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. 19:317–340.
• Mazzotti, F.J. L.A. Brandt, M.S. Cherkiss, I. Fugisaki, K. Hart, B. Jeffrey, S.T. McMurry, S.G. Platt, T.R. Rainwater and J. Vinci. 2012. Body condition of Morelet’s crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) from northern Belize. Journal of Herpetology. 46:356-362.
• Platt, S.G., J.B. Thorbjarnarson and T.R. Rainwater. 2012. Scalation of the American crocodile (Crocodylidae, Crocodilia) from the coastal zone of northern Belize. Caribbean Journal of Science. 46:332-338.
• Rainwater, T.R., T. Pop, O. Cal, A. Garel, S.G. Platt and R. Hudson. 2012. A recent countrywide status survey of the Critically Endangered Central American River Turtle (Dermatemys mawii) in Belize. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 11:97-107.
• Platt, S.G., T.R. Rainwater, J.B. Thorbjarnarson and D. Martin. 2011. Size estimation, morphometrics, sex ratio, sexual size dimorphism, and biomass of Crocodylus acutus in the Coastal Zone of Belize. Salamandra. 47:179-192.
• Platt, S.G. and T.R. Rainwater. 2011. Predation by neotropical otters (Lontra longicaudis) on turtles in Belize. IUCN Otter Specialist Group Bulletin. 28:4-10.
• Platt, S.G., T.R. Rainwater, J.B. Thorbjarnarson and E.A. Hekkala. 2010. Iguana iguana (green iguana). Nesting. Herpetological Review. 41:493-494.
• Orback, D.N., N. Veselka, Y. Dzal, L. Lazure and M. B. Fenton. 2010. Drinking and Flying: Does Alcohol Consumption Affect the Flight and Echolocation Performance of Phyllostomid Bats? PLoS One, 5: e8993.
• Platt, S.G., T.R. Rainwater, J.B. Thorbjarnarson, A.G. Finger, T.A. Anderson and S.T. McMurry. 2009. Size estimation, morphometrics, sex ratio, sexual size dimorphism, and biomass of Morelet’s crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) in northern Belize. Caribbean Journal of Science. 45:80-93.
• McVay, J.D., D. Rodriguez, T.R. Rainwater, J.A. Dever, S.G. Platt, S.T. McMurry, M.R.J. Forstner and L.D. Densmore. 2008. Evidence of multiple paternity in Morelet’s crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) in Belize, CA, inferred from microsatellite markers. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 309A:643-648.
• Platt, S.G., T.R. Rainwater, J.B. Thorbjarnarson and S.T. McMurry. 2008. Scalation of Morelet’s crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) from northern Belize. Herpetological Review. 39:293-296.
• Platt, S.G., T.R. Rainwater, J.B. Thorbjarnarson and S.T. McMurry. 2008. Reproductive dynamics of a tropical freshwater crocodilian: Morelet’s crocodile in northern Belize. Journal of Zoology. 275:177-189.
• Rainwater, T.R., K.W. Selcer, L.M. Nespoli, A.G. Finger, D.A. Ray, S.G. Platt, P.N. Smith, L.D. Densmore, T.A. Anderson and S.T. McMurry. 2008. Plasma vitellogenin in Morelet’s crocodiles from contaminated habitats in northern Belize. Environmental Pollution. 153:101-109.
• Rainwater, T.R., T.H. Wu, A.G. Finger, J.E. Cañas, L. Yu, K.D. Reynolds, G. Coimbatore, B. Barr, S.G. Platt, G.P. Cobb, T.A. Anderson and S.T. McMurry. 2007. Metals and organochlorine pesticides in caudal scutes of crocodiles from Belize and Costa Rica. Science of the Total Environment. 373:146-156.
• Platt, S.G., T.R. Rainwater, A.G. Finger, J.B. Thorbjarnarson, S.T. McMurry and T.A. Anderson. 2006. Food habits, ontogenetic dietary partitioning, and observations of foraging behaviour of Morelet’s crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) in northern Belize. Herpetological Journal. 16:281-290.
• Platt, S.G. and T.R. Rainwater. 2005. A review of morphological characters useful for distinguishing Morelet’s crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) and American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) with an emphasis on populations in the coastal zone of Belize. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society. 40:25-29.
• Ter Hofstede, H. M. and M. B. Fenton. 2005. Relationships between roost preferences, ectoparasite density, and grooming behaviour of neotropical bats. Journal of Zoology, 266: 333–340.
• Ter Hofstede, H. M., M. B. Fenton, and J. O. Whitaker, Jr. 2004. Host and host-site specificity of bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae and Nycteribiidae) on Neotropical bats (Chiroptera). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 82: 616–626.
• Fenton, M. B., E. Bernard, S. Bouchard, L. Hollis, D. S. Johnston, C. L. Lausen, J. M. Ratcliffe, D. K. Riskin, J. R. Taylor and J. Zigouris. 2001. The bat fauna of Lamanai, Belize: roosts and trophic roles. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 17:511-524.
• Fenton, M. B., M. J. Vonhof, S. Bouchard, S. A. Gill, D. S. Johnston, F. A. Reid, D. K. Riskin, K. L. Standing, J. R. Taylor and R. Wagner. 2000. Roosts Used by Sturnira lilium (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Belize. Biotropica, 43: 729-733.