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Tables of Contents for The Ecotraveller's Wildlife Guide Tropical Mexico
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Forword
viii
 
Preface
xi
 
Ecotourism: Travel for the Environmentally Concerned
1
6
What Ecotourism Is and Why It's Important
1
2
The History of Ecotourism
3
1
How Ecotourism Helps; Ecotravel Ethics
4
3
Southern Mexico: Ecotourism, Geography, and Habitats
7
30
A Brief Eco-history of Southern Mexico
7
6
Yucatan Peninsula
9
3
Oaxaca and Chiapas
12
1
Geography and Climate
13
6
Yucatan Peninsula
14
2
Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Tabasco
16
3
Habitats
19
18
Tropical Forest: General Characteristics
19
3
Habitats and Common Vegetation
22
1
Yucatan Peninsula
22
2
Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Tabasco
24
13
Parks, Reserves, and Getting Around
37
18
Getting Around Southern Mexico
37
2
Driving Here and There
37
1
Notes Concerning Interactions with Humans
38
1
Topes and Topes Culture
38
1
Brief descriptions of Parks, Reserves, and Other Eco-sites
39
16
Oaxaca
39
3
Chiapas
42
5
Tabasco
47
1
Campeche
47
1
Yucatan
48
3
Quintana Roo
51
4
Environmental Threats and Conservation
55
10
Major Threats and Conservation Record
55
2
Conservation Programs and Ecotourism
57
8
Biosphere Reserves
57
3
Ecotourism
60
1
Ejidos, Conservation, and Ecotourism
61
4
How to Use This Book: Ecology and Natural History
65
9
What is Natural History?
65
1
What is Ecology and What Are Ecological Interactions?
65
2
How to Use This Book
67
7
Information in the Family Profiles
67
4
Information in the Color Plate Sections
71
3
Amphibians
74
17
General Characteristics and Natural History
74
2
Seeing Amphibians in Tropical Mexico
76
1
Family Profiles
77
11
Salamanders
77
2
Toads
79
2
Rainfrogs
81
2
Treefrogs
83
2
Other Frogs
85
3
Environmental Close-Up 1: Frog Population Declines: Amphibian Armageddon or Alarmist Absurdity?
88
3
Reptiles
91
29
General Characteristics and Natural History
91
3
Seeing Reptiles in Tropical Mexico
94
1
Family Profiles
94
23
Crocodilians
94
3
Turtles
97
4
Colubrids: Your Regular, Everyday Snakes
101
4
Dangerous Snakes and Boas
105
5
Geckos
110
1
Iguanids
111
4
Skinks and Whiptails
115
2
Environmental Close-Up 2: Coffee, Birds, and Conservation
117
3
Birds
120
84
Introduction
121
1
General Characteristics of Birds
122
1
Classification of Birds
122
1
Features of Tropical Birds
123
1
Seeing Birds in Tropical Mexico
124
1
Family Profiles
125
76
Seabirds
125
2
Waterbirds
127
4
Herons and Egrets
131
2
Marsh and Stream Birds
133
2
Ducks
135
1
Shorebireds
136
3
Currasows, Quail, and Turkey
139
2
Tinamous
141
2
Raptors
143
3
Vultures
146
3
Pigeons and Doves
149
3
Parrots
152
3
Cuckoos and Anis
155
2
Owls
157
1
Goatsuckers
158
2
Swifts and Swallows
160
2
Hummingbirds
162
4
Trogons
166
2
Kingfishers
168
2
Motmots
170
1
Woodpeckers
171
3
Toucans
174
1
Woodcreepers
175
2
Antibirds
177
2
Manakins
179
2
Cotingas
181
2
American Flycatchers
183
2
Wrens
185
2
Thrushes and Mockingbirds
187
2
Jays
189
2
Warblers and Other Small, Flitting Birds
191
2
Blackbirds and Orioles
193
3
Tanagers
196
3
Sparrows and Grosbeaks
199
2
Environmental Close-Up 3: Illegal Traffic in Rare Animals: The Case of the Mexican Parrot
201
3
Mammals
204
35
Introduction
204
1
General Characteristics
205
1
Classification
205
1
Features of Tropical Mammals
206
1
Seeing Mammals in Topical Mexico
207
1
Family Profiles
208
28
Opossums
208
2
Bats
210
5
Primates
215
4
Anteaters and Armadillos
219
2
Rodents
221
4
Carnivores
225
5
Peccaries and Deer
230
2
Tapir
232
1
Marine Mammals
233
3
Environmental Close-Up 4: Endemism: Political System Advocating the End of the World, or Something More Interesting?
236
3
Coral Reef Wildlife
239
4
References
243
2
Habitat Photos
245
10
Identification Plates 1--104
255
209
WCS Conservation Work in Latin America
464
8
WCS Membership Information Page
472
2
Species Index
474
14
General Index
488