HUNTING AND USE OF WHITE-TAILED DEER IN MAYAN COMMUNITIES
The objective of present study was to determine the current importance of hunting and use of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), as part of livelihood strategies in four Mayan communities: Nunkiní, Sahcabchén, Pich and Chencoh, all located in Campeche state, México. From March 2013 to Septem...
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| author | Oscar Gustavo Retana Guiascón S.E. Padilla-Paz |
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| description | The objective of present study was to determine the current importance of hunting and use of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), as part of livelihood strategies in four Mayan communities: Nunkiní, Sahcabchén, Pich and Chencoh, all located in Campeche state, México. From March 2013 to September 2015, 215 structured interviews were conducted, recording three hunting modalities: opportunist, way o spy (espiadero) and drive hunting (batida); from which they hunt 33 wildlife species in Nunkiní village, 28 in Sahcabchén; 42 in Pich and 31 in Chencoh. According to analyzed data from Use Value Index (IVUs), O. virginianus had the highest importance in the four communities studied (IVUs=0.4-0.6) with seven products for eight purposes. Food, medicine, adornment and commerce are the most significant use categories for this species. The White-tailed deer hunting that is currently practiced by Mayan communities is part of their strategies of multiple use of animal resources; hence the diversified utilization of this deer is a diagnostic measure of the importance it has in the subsistence of indigenous communities in Campeche. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-585f83f066f54c2b93673e048c5757012022-12-21T22:02:50ZengUniversidad Autónoma de YucatánTropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems1870-04622018-08-01212811HUNTING AND USE OF WHITE-TAILED DEER IN MAYAN COMMUNITIESOscar Gustavo Retana Guiascón0S.E. Padilla-PazUniversidad Auóonoma de CampecheThe objective of present study was to determine the current importance of hunting and use of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), as part of livelihood strategies in four Mayan communities: Nunkiní, Sahcabchén, Pich and Chencoh, all located in Campeche state, México. From March 2013 to September 2015, 215 structured interviews were conducted, recording three hunting modalities: opportunist, way o spy (espiadero) and drive hunting (batida); from which they hunt 33 wildlife species in Nunkiní village, 28 in Sahcabchén; 42 in Pich and 31 in Chencoh. According to analyzed data from Use Value Index (IVUs), O. virginianus had the highest importance in the four communities studied (IVUs=0.4-0.6) with seven products for eight purposes. Food, medicine, adornment and commerce are the most significant use categories for this species. The White-tailed deer hunting that is currently practiced by Mayan communities is part of their strategies of multiple use of animal resources; hence the diversified utilization of this deer is a diagnostic measure of the importance it has in the subsistence of indigenous communities in Campeche.https://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/2442caceríacampechecervidaevalor de usosubsistencia |
| spellingShingle | Oscar Gustavo Retana Guiascón S.E. Padilla-Paz HUNTING AND USE OF WHITE-TAILED DEER IN MAYAN COMMUNITIES Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems cacería campeche cervidae valor de uso subsistencia |
| title | HUNTING AND USE OF WHITE-TAILED DEER IN MAYAN COMMUNITIES |
| title_full | HUNTING AND USE OF WHITE-TAILED DEER IN MAYAN COMMUNITIES |
| title_fullStr | HUNTING AND USE OF WHITE-TAILED DEER IN MAYAN COMMUNITIES |
| title_full_unstemmed | HUNTING AND USE OF WHITE-TAILED DEER IN MAYAN COMMUNITIES |
| title_short | HUNTING AND USE OF WHITE-TAILED DEER IN MAYAN COMMUNITIES |
| title_sort | hunting and use of white tailed deer in mayan communities |
| topic | cacería campeche cervidae valor de uso subsistencia |
| url | https://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/2442 |
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