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Contents Part I: Intrduction
 

Chapter 1. Research Challenges for the Lowland Maya Area: An Introduction
Arturo Gómez-Pompa

  

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PART II: THE BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
 

Chapter 2. The Changing Global Environment and the Lowland Maya: Past Patterns and Current Dynamics
Michael F. Allen - Emmanuel Rincon

  

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Chapter 3. In  the  Beginning: Early  Events in the Development of Mesoamerica and the Lowland Maya Area
Alan Graham

  

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Chapter 4. Paleolimnological Approaches for Inferring Past Climate Change in the Maya Region: Recent Advances and Methodological Limitations
Mark Brenner - Michael F. Rosenmeier - David A. Hodell - Flavio S. Anselmetti - Jason H. Curtis - Daniel Ariztegui

  

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Chapter 5. Rhythms of Precipitation in the Yucatán Peninsula
Lorrain Giddings - Margarita Soto

  

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Chapter 6. Structure and Diversity of the Forests at the El Edén Ecological Reserve
Gillian P. Schultz

  

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Chapter 7. Hydrogeology of the Yucatán Peninsula
Eugene Perry - Guadalupe Velazquez-Oliman - Richard A. Socki

  

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Chapter 8. Depression Soils in the Lowland Tropics of Northwestern Belize: Anthropogenic and Natural Origins
Timothy Beach - Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach - Nicholas Dunning - Vernon Scarborough

  

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Chapter 9. Interaction of Microorganisms with Maya Archaeological Materials
Thomas D. Perry - Guillermo Hernandez-Duque - Margaret Breuker - Ralph Mitchell

  

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Chapter 10. Impacts of Hurricanes on the Forests of Quintana Roo, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
Dennis F. Whigham - Edgar Cabrera Cano Ingrid Olmsted - Alan B. Curtis

  

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PART III: BIODIVERSITY

  

 

Chapter 11. The Role of Periphyton in the Regulation and Supply of Nutrients in a Wetland at El Edén, Quintana Roo
Eberto Novelo Rosaluz Tavera

  

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Chapter 12. Distribution and Ecology of Myxomycetes in the Forests of Yucatán
Steven L. Stephenson - Carlos Lado Arturo Estrada-Torres - Diana Wrigley de Basanta Martin Schnittler - Nisao Ogata

  

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Chapter 13. A Preliminary Assessment of the Butterfly Fauna of El Edén Ecological Reserve: Species Richness and Habitat Preferences
Jorge L. León-Cortés - Robert W. Jones - Olga L. Gómez-Nucamendi

  

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Chapter 14. Diversity of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) at El Edén Ecological Reserve, Mexico
John Heraty Michael Gates

  

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Chapter 15. Diversity and Habitat Associations of the Ants (Insecta: Formicidae) of El Edén Ecological Reserve.
Daniel García Moreno - William P. Mackay - Robert W. Jones - Patricia Rojas Fernández

  

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Chapter 16. The ‘Nonmarine’ Mollusks of the Yucatán Peninsula: A Review
Edna Naranjo-García

  

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Chapter 17. Fungi in the Maya Culture: Past, Present and Future
Gastón Guzmán

  

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Chapter 18. Moss Distribution in the Yucatán Peninsula
Claudio Delgadillo M.

  

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PART IV: AGRICULTURE

  

 

Chapter 19. Archaeological Evidence for Ancient and Historic Resource Use Associated with the El Edén Wetland, Northern Quintana Roo, Mexico
Scott L. Fedick

  

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Chapter 20. Three Millennia in the Southern Yucatán Peninsula: Implications for Occupancy, Use, and Carrying Capacity
Billie L. - Turner II - Peter Klepeis - Laura C. Schneider

  

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Chapter 21. Periphyton As a Potential Biofertilizer in Intensive Agriculture of the Ancient Maya
Sergio Palacios-Mayorga - Lázaro Huerta-Arcos Ana Luisa Anaya - Arturo Gómez-Pompa Eleazar González-Velázquez

  

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Chapter 22. Initial Evidence for Use of Periphyton As an Agricultural Fertilizer by the Ancient Maya associated with the El Edén Wetland, Northern Quintana Roo, Mexico
Bethany A. Morrison - Roberto Cózatl-Manzano

  

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Chapter 23. Domestication and Distribution of the Chocolate Tree (Theobroma cacao L.)
Nisao Ogata

  

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Chapter 24. The Domestication of Henequen (Agave fourcroydes Lem.)
Patricia Colunga-GarcíaMarín

  

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Chapter 25. Bioprospection Studies at El Edén: From Plants to Fungi
Ana Luisa Anaya - Aurora Saucedo-García - Andrea Torres-Barragán - Blanca Estela Hernández-Bautista - María del Carmen Flores-Carmona - Rocio Cruz-Ortega - Arturo Gómez-Pompa

  

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Chapter 26. Ancient and Contemporary Maya Conceptions About Field and Forest
Karl Taube

  

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PART V: PLANTS AND PEOPLE

  

 

Chapter 27. Geographical and Historical Variation in Hurricanes Across the Yucatán Peninsula
Emery R. Boose - Audrey Barker Plotkin - David R. Foster - Brian Hall

  

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Chapter 28. Anthropogenic Vegetation: A Garden Experiment  in the Maya Lowlands
Scott Atran

  

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Chapter 29. Traditional Knowledge of Plant Resources
Eugene N. Anderson

  

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Chapter 30. The Tropical Forest Action Program: A Different Way to Handle the Management and Conservation of Natural Resources
Silvia del Amo Rodríguez - Veronique M. Rorive

  

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Chapter 31. The (Almost) Forgotten Plants of Yucatán
Robert W. Patch

  

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Chapter 32. From Milpero and Lunero to Henequenero: A Transition to Capitalism in Yucatán, Mexico
Piedad Peniche Rivero

  

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PART VI: THE FUTURE

  

 

Chapter 33. Restoration of Tropical Seasonal Forest in Quintana Roo
Edith B. Allen - Michael F. - Allen Helen A. Violi - Arturo Gómez-Pompa

  

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Chapter 34. The School of Ecological Agriculture: A Viable Liaison Between Campesinos and Researchers in the Yucatán Peninsula
J. J. Jiménez-Osornio

  

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Chapter 35. HabitatNet: Conducting Biodiversity Research with Secondary-School Science Classes
Daniel J. Bisaccio

  

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PART VII: SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS

  

 

Chapter 36. The Maya Lowlands: A Case Study for the Future? Conclusions
Michael F. Allen - Scott L. Fedick - Arturo Gómez-Pompa - Juan J. Jiménez-Osornio

  

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