FFT Film Feature
Fauna Forever Tambopata's Bird Team Coordinator, Naun Amable Silva, shows off this beautiful Royal Flycatcher displaying a very rare and beautiful crown display.
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FFT Blog Feature
Blog Entry Date: 27 May 2010
Fauna Forever Phase 10.4 - Week 1
They started in the lodge's grounds around the football field before they plunged into the forest, racing down the trails, looking for the next clue. Quick thinking, not to mention, running was the only way either team was going to win. The teams eventually found themselves by the La Torre River for the penultimate clue. Dave was waiting there to tell them that the good news that the next clue was actually in the river, tied to an old tree. Two of the girls bravely leaped in to retrieve the ribbon whose clue led both teams breathlessly to the end of the chase at Sunset Point where Chris was waiting with cold beers for everyone!...
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FFT Cam Traps
Ever wondered what goes on behind the trees when no-one is watching?
With hidden heat and movement sensitive cameras, we're able to find out!
The following series of photos was taken very recently on FFT's Phase 10.1 investigations at Explorer's Inn Lodge. The scene: A mammal clay-lick close to the lodge.
FFT Photo Feature
Not often a creature like this lands on your to-do list! Anyone want a stab at guessing what it is?
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Face To Face
Our Facebook group has many live discussions about the project, the Tambopata area, and even what to expect when volunteering with FFT. A place for past volunteers, future volunteers, scientists, researchers and the FFT Team to connect with one another.
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Recommended Websites
Amazon Conservation Association - Our goal is to conserve biodiversity through development of new scientific understanding, sustainable resource management and rational land-use policy for Amazonian ecosystems.
Biobridges - The Peruvian rainforest research, training and volunteer placement portal. We help you locate and secure your ideal placement or training opportunity, provide in-country support and help you apply and obtain research permits where required.
Project Las Piedras - A socioecological investigation into the subsistence hunting on large mammals in the timber consessions on the Las Piedras River, Madre de Dios, Peru.
Project Tambopata - Tourism development and the status of Neotropical lowland wildlife in Tambopata, South-eastern Peru: Recommendations for tourism and conservation.
TReeS-UK - The Tambopata Reserve Society (TReeS) was established in 1986 by a group of biologists from Peru and Great Britain concerned about the future of the rainforests of south-east Peru. Research has shown the Tambopata area to be, arguably, the most biodiverse on the planet.
TReeS-Peru - In late 1998, a group of Peruvians who had worked in collaboration with the Tambopata Reserve Society at different times in the past decided to found the Tambopata Reserve Society in Peru, in order to open up possibilities for further growth.
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FFT Featured Publications
The reference list below are just some of the publications and papers that resulted from data collected on previous Fauna Forever projects undertaken in 1997/98 and 2004/05.
Lloyd, H. (in review). Regional patterns of diversity, abundance and habitat selection by Amazonian birds. Journal of Tropical Ecology.
Doan, T. M. (2004). Extreme Weather Events and the Vertical Microhabitat of Rain Forest Anurans. Journal of Herpetology 38(3): 422-425.
Doan, T.M. (2003). Which methods are most effective for surveying rain forest herpetofauna? Journal of Herpetology 37:72-81.
Lloyd, H. (2003). Population densities of some nocturnal raptors (Strigidae) in southeast Peru. Journal of Field Ornithology 74 (4): 376-380.
Doan, T.M. and W. Arizabal A. (2002). Microgeographic variation in species composition of the herpetofaunal communities of Tambopata Region, Peru. Biotropica 34:101-117.
Lloyd, H. (2000). Population densities of the Black-faced Cotinga (Conioptilon mcilhennyi) in southeast Peru. Bird Conservation International 10: 277-285.
Lloyd, H. (2000). Nesting behaviour of the Rufous-headed Woodpecker (Celeus spectabilis). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club 120 (2): 129-133.
Doan, T.M. and W. Arizabal A. (2000). New Herpetological Records for the Tambopata Province, Department of Madre de Dios, Peru. Herpetological Review 31:188-189.
In addition, project data has also contributed towards the following books:
BirdLife International (2000). Threatened birds of the World. Barcelona and Cambridge, UK. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.
IUCN Red Data Book (2005). [Threat status of the Blue-headed macaw (Primolius couloni)].
Duellman, W. (2005). Cusco Amazonico: The Lives of Amphibians and Reptiles in an Amazonian Rainforest. Cornell University Press.
Recommended Field Guides
The Ecotravellers' Wildlife Guide to Peru - David L Pearson and Les Beletsky.
Illustrated Guide to the Trees of Peru - TD Pennington, C Reynel and A Daza.
A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Woody Plants of Northwest South America (Colombia, Ecuador and Peru) - Alwyn H Gentry.
The Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians of the Tambopata Reserved Zone, Madre de Dios, Peru - A Field Checklist. Tambopata Reserve Society.
Neotropical Rainforest Mammals - Louise H Emmons.
Birds of Peru - TS Schulenberg, DF Stotz, DF Lane, JP O'Neill and TA Parker.
Guide to the Frogs of the Iquitos Region, Amazonian Peru - LO Rodriguez and WE Duellman.
Reptiles and Amphibians of the Amazon: An Ecotourists Guide - Bartlett & Bartlett.
Recommended Books
Neotropical Companion: An Introduction to the Animals, Plants and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics, by John Kricher.
Mammals of the Neotropics: The Central Neotropics - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, by Kent H. Redford, John F. Eisenberg, and Fiona Reid.
Monkeys of the Amazon, by Nick Gordon.
Cusco Amazonico: The lives of amphibians and reptiles in an Amazonian rainforest, by WE Duellman.