TABLE OF CONTENTS 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS i" 



ABSTRACT ^^i 



RESUMEN ^v"> 



CHAPTERS 



1. OVERVIEW 1 



2. NATURAL. CULTURAL, AND SOCIOECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT OF THE MAYA 



INDIANS IN QUINTANA ROO. MEXICO 13 



Introduciion 13 



Natural Environment 1'^ 



Study Area ^^ 



Cultural and Socioeconomic Environments 30 



Closing Comments 52 



3. GAME HARVEST BY M.\YA HUNTERS IN QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO 53 



Introduction ^- 



Methods ^^ 



Results 6^ 



Discussion . ^^ 



4. WILDLIFE DENSITIES IN SUCCESSIONAL FORESTS AROUND A MAYA 



VILLAGE IN QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO 120 



Methods P^ 



Results ^32 



Discussion 13' 



5. CONSUMPTION OF GARDEN CROPS BY GAME ANIMALS IN QUINT.\NA 



ROO, MEXICO 1'^'^ 



Introduction 1^' 



Methods 149 



Results 155 



Discussion 168 



6. CHARACTERISTICS OF MAYA GARDENS AND THEIR USE BY \VTLDLIFE 



IN QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO 179 



Introduction 179 



Methods ^83 



Results 191 



Discussion 209 



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