Links & Books

 

Try these for more information:

  • Links - our Favorite Web Sites
  • Books - Wildlife Resources for the Cayman Islands
 
 

Links

For more information on Bats
Batcon.org  
UK Bat Conservation Trust  
Organization for Bat Conservation  
The Bat CREW  
   
For more information on Sea Turtles
  Seaturtle.org follow Cayman Islands sea turtles via satellite tracking
   
Wildlife and Environmental Resources
  Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park Local Cayman Islands
Cayman Brac Local Cayman Islands
John Gray Recyclers Youth Environmental Action Group
National Trust for the Cayman Islands Local Cayman Islands
National Audubon National Web Site
eNature.com National Web Site
Smithsonian Institution Science & Technology (animal & plant info)
National Museum of Natural History National Web Site
The World Society for the Protection of Animals  
International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council  
CaymanBiodiversity.com Darwin Initiative
   
Butterflies
  French Antilles Butterflies  
Natural History Museum London, Dept. of Entomology
Butterfly World Fort Lauderdale
University of Florida University of Florida
www.floridata.com Be sure to visit their butterfly gallery
   
Plants and Wildlife Habitats
  Florida Native Plant Society Native Plant Landscaping
Institute for Systematic Botany, (ISB) Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
New York Botanical Garden  
Missouri Botanical Garden see the sections on Tropicos
Cayman National Trust Online Herbarium  
   
Sponsors and/or Contributors
  Cayman Airways Partners In Science
Caribbean Utilities (CUC)-Cayman Islands Bat House Program
UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum
   
Best Wildlife Web Site Developer
  California WebWise  
   
 

Books

Wildlife Resources for the Cayman Islands - BOOKS
Title Author ISBN Publisher
GENERAL Wildlife:  
National Audubon Society, Field Guide to Florida Peter Alden, Richard Cech, Richard Keen, Amy Leventer, Gil Nelson & Wendy Zomlefe 0-679-44677-X 1998 Knopf
       
BIRDS:
Birds of the Cayman Islands Patricia Bradley 976-8052-10-4 1995 Caerulea Press 
       
BUTTERFLIES:
The Butterflies of the West Indies and South Florida David Spencer Smith, L.D. Miller and J.Y. Miller 0 19 857199 2 1994 Oxford
Butterflies of the Caribbean & Florida Peter Stiling 0-333-73573-0 1999 Macmillan Education
National Audubon Society Field Guide North American Butterflies Robert Michael Pyle 0-394-51914-0 1995  Knopf
       
PLANTS:
Flora of the Cayman Islands George R. Proctor 0 11 242548 8 1984 HMSO
Wild Trees in the Cayman Islands Fred Burton, Penny Clifford 976-8056-22-3 1997 Nat. Trust for C.I.
The Trees of Florida -Ref.& Field Guide Gil Nelson 1-56164-055-7 1994 Pineapple Press
The Shrubs & Woody Vines of Florida Gil Nelson 1-56164-110-3 1996 Pineapple Press
Wild Plants of Barbados Sean Carrington 0-333-56560-6 1993 Macmillan
Wild Plants of the Eastern Caribbean Sean Carrington 0-333-67443-X 1998 Macmillan
Seashore Plants of S. Florida & Caribbean (Drought and Salt Tolerant Plants) David W. Nellis 1-56164-056-5  1994 Pineapple Press
Florida Wild Flowers and Roadside Plants Ritchie Bell & Bryan Taylor 0-9608688-3-6 1982 Laurel Hill Press
Your Florida Landscape - A Complete Guide to Planting and Maintainance Dr.Robert Black and Dr. Kathleen Ruppert 0-916287-08-4 1995 University of Florida
200 Tropical Plants of the Caribbean John M. Kingsbury 0-9612610-2-1 1988 Bullbrier
Betrock's Reference Guide to Florida Landscape Plants Broschat & Meerow 0-9629761-0-5 1991 Betrock
Flora of the Bahama Archipelago D.S. & H.B.   Correll
       
Books on Cayman Islands Flora and Fauna can be obtainted from from Hobbies and Books, The Book Nook, the National Trust or the Botanic Park Gift Shop