The results of the study reflect on the critical elements of the Global Aviculture Conservancy in identifying the best land parcel to acquire in Belize for bird conservancy. Among the targeted parcels include Belmopan, Gallon Jug, Cockscomb, and Punta Gorda. The geographical coordinates of Belize are 17°15’N 88°45’W located in the Central America between the border of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Further, these sites are comprised of swampy, flat coastal terrain, higher population density in the east and north, and low mountains in the south. The humid and tropical climate is approximately 60% forest.
Fig 1. Coverage in Belize of Protected Area
Why Belize
Diversity Indices Results
The evaluation for this study is based on the vegetation diversity in the four different land parcels, the species of birds identified, individual numbers of each bird species, and geographical location utilization. The provided data provided for birds, diversity indices, a parcel map, and vegetation analyses helped me assessing identifying the location that suits bird conservation.
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From the results, it appears for such acquisition will have to enhance the ongoing and established projects and also reserving the observed aviculture formidable species. However, such a coverage can effectively be part of other sanctuaries if the core purpose is to foster ecotourism education and responsibility in promoting aviculture species diversity. The data analyzed for these results have estimates parameters due to their optimal conditions and precision for the importance of the meta-analysis ( Belize Audubon Society, 2018) . However, the values analyzed for the Coxcomb Basin have statistical significance on the bases of population number of species and abundances. Thus, it fully complied with the set forth guidelines in selecting the land parcel by GAC for coverage.
| Cockscomb Basin | Belmopan | Gallon Jug | Punta Gorda | |
| Taxa (S) | 240 | 240 | 97 | 96 |
| Individuals | 1855 | 3080 | 1802 | |
| Dominance (D) | 0.00443 | 0.05034 | 4.535 | 3,008 |
| Shannon (H) | 5.446 | 4.411 | 4.535 | 3.008 |
| Equitability (J) | 0.9936 | 0.8049 | 0.9913 | 0.6591 |
Fig. 1 Peet (1975) Diversity Indices
Methods
Based on the bird data spreadsheet, the labeled 15 mi circle to be specific, I assessed the frequency and number of birds’ species per land parcel chosen in Belize. I categorized the species into occurrence greater than 10 birds recorded on the basis of which site could be afforded for the greatest conservation benefits.
Gallon Jug: total species were 97 with 7 species with individual count of greater than 10 and thus, it left 90 species to benefit from greater conservation efforts.
Belmopan: total species of 240 and out these 41 species with individual count of greater than 10 and thus, it left 199 species to benefit from greater conservation efforts.
Cockscomb Basin: total species of 240 and out these 45 species with individual count of greater than 10 and thus, it left 195 species to benefit from greater conservation efforts.
Punta Gorda: total species of 96 and out these 42 species with individual count of greater than 10 and thus, it left 54 species to benefit from greater conservation efforts.
Vegetable or Land Use Diversity
| Parcel/Ratio | Agri. Uses | Lowland Broadleaf | Lowland Pine | Water | Land Used | Land Used (%) | Land Remaining |
| Belmopan | 17% | 83% | - | - | 7 | 75% | 25%7 |
| Cockscomb | 31% | 66% | 2% | 1% | 9 | 53% | 35% |
| Gallon Jug | - | 100% | - | - | 3 | 97% | 3% |
| Punta Gorda | 88% | 12% | - | - | 7 | 96% | 4% |
Conclusion
After analyzing the data provided for this study I believe the Cockscomb Basin would be the best site or location for the Using the diversity indices of equitability (J) and total taxa present (S) in demonstrating the 240 species in this region, out of these 196 could likely benefit from the greater efforts of conservancy, wider distribution of used land and location that has mid-range and low altitudes near the shoreline. The land parcel of Cockscomb Basin will likely establish a connection between both the Jaguar Reserve Nature Center and the Silk Grass Forest Reserve using geographical coordinates 16.797 °N, 88.379 °W for creating a connection between the protected areas.
References
Southern New Hampshire University, Undergraduate Curriculum (2017). Bird Data.xlsStudent Workbook. Retrieved rom the Internet on 04-03-2017. https://bb.snhu.edu/webapps/blackboard/content/listContent.jsp?course_id=_109473_1& content_id=_14841053_1&mode=view
Belize Audubon Society (2018). "Important Bird Areas of Belize" . Retrieved 2017-04-22
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Peet, Robert K. (1975) Relative Diversity Indices. Ecology: 56(2) pp. 496-498
Final National Protected Areas System Plan Report synthesis of all sub-consultancy reports: Meerman & Wilson, January 2006. Retrieved from the Internet on 2 April, 2017. http://biological-diversity.info/NPAPSP.htm
