Publications

During the time that research has been conducted at Santa Lucia several publications and undergraduate theses have resulted from the research. Below, listed by year are those works. If you wish to view any of the work please get in contact with Dr. Mika Peck at m.r.peck@sussex.ac.uk.


2012
Maddock, S.T., Tolhurst, B., Aguirre, P.V., Mafla-Endara, P., Torres-Carvajal, O., Peck, M.R., Morales, J.N. (2012) The reptiles of the Santa Lucia Cloud Forest Rserve, Pichincha, Ecuador. Herpetlogical Conservation and Biology (under review)
Maddock, S.T., Smith, E.F., Peck, M.R., Morales, J.N. (2012)  Tantilla melanocephala (Black headed snake) diet. Herpetological Review (in press)
Peck, M.R., Mariscal, A., Cane, T., Padbury, M., Kniveton, D. (2012) Identifying tropical Ecuadorian Andean trees from inter-crown pixel distributions in hyperspatial aerial imagery. Applied Vegetation Science (in press).
2011
Maddock, S.T., Aguirre, P.V., Torres-Carvajal, Morales, J.N., Peck, M.R. (2011) Riama unicolor (NCN). Feeding and new altitudinal range. Herpetological Review 42:278
Maddock, S.T., Smith, E.F., Peck, M.R., Morales, J.N. (2011) Riama oculata (NCN) prehensile tail and new habitat type. Herpetological Review 42:277-278
Maddock, S.T., Tolhurst, B., Brown, M.J., Peck, M.R.,Villacis Perez, E., Morales, J.N. (2011) Body bending behaviour - more widespread than previously thought/ New reports from two snake species of Northwest Ecuador. Herpetology Notes 4:079-081
2010
Cueva, X.A., Morales, J.N., Brown, M.J., Peck, M.R. (2010) Macro y mesomamiferos de la Reserva Comunitaria Santa Lucia, Pichincha, Ecuador. Boletin tecnico, Serie Zoologica
Fosci, M., Mecham, J., Cueva J., DeCoux, J., Peck M.R. (2010) Protecting populated tropical forests beyond the "hands off" approach: a strategy for the sustainable development and communbity-based conservation of the Intag-Manduriacos forests in Ecuador. ITTO/CBD Conference paper, CBD website.
Tolhurst, B., Peck, M.R., Morales, J.N., Cane, T., Rechio, I. (2010) Extended distribution of a recently described dipsadine colubrid snake: Atractus gigas. Herpetology Notes 3:73-75.
2009
Brown, M.J. Testing the effectiveness of camera trapping as a surveying method for mammals in a cloud forest environment. Undergraduate thesis for the University of Sussex.
Padbury, M. An investigation into developing aerial taxonomic keys for remote identification of canopy trees in aerial photographs. Undergraduate thesis for the University of Sussex.