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Were there temporal or seasonal differences in the frequency at which wildlife was 



sighted? 

 This information will give a measure of the number and kinds of wildlife potentially available to 

 hunters, and will be compared to wildlife use as described in Chapter 3. 



In Chapter 5, I discuss wildlife food habits and evaluate the importance of gardens and 

 domestic crops in wildlife diets. The importance of gardens and crops will be analyzed with respect to 

 wildlife use by hunters (Chapter 3) and wildlife availability (Ch^ter 4). The specific questions 

 answered are: 



WTiat kinds and what parts of plants were eaten by wildlife? 



Were there seasonal differences in wildlife diets? 



Were cultivated crops important as food to wildlife? 

 This information will be used to determine if wildlife is attracted to domestic crops or wild plants that 

 occur in gardens as a result of disturbance (e.g., palms). 



In Chapter 6 I discuss characteristics of Mayan gardens and their uses by hunters and wildlife. 

 The specific questions answered are: 



How large were gardens? 



What crops were planted in gardens? 



In what habitat types and at what distances from the village were gardens located? 



When were gardens cleared, planted, and harvested? 

 This information will be used to explain wildlife availability (Chapter 4) and wildlife food habits 

 (Chapter 5). 



In Chapter 7, I summarize the results of this study with respect to the model of garden hunting 

 and offer a series of conclusions. I focus on the main premises of Linares (1976): one, wild animals 

 used gardens; two, hunters had to focus their harvest of game on those species of wild animals that 

 used gardens; three, the densities of these wild animals were greater in the vicinity of gardens than in 

 forests without gardens; and four, these wild animals had to consume crops from gardens. This study 



