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At X-Hazil Sur, the distribution of kill sites suggested that game species generally were taken 

 in all major vegetation types. Rather than using a single vegetation type, the harvested game used 

 highly-disturbed and early-successional vegetation types (e.g., Plots & Gardens and Early Secondary 

 Forest) as well as little-disturbed and late-successional vegetation types (i.e., Late Secondary Forest; 

 Table 3-7; Appendix G). Nine of the 12 game species used three of the vegetation types; Plots & 

 Gardens, Early Secondary Forest, and Late Secondary Forest. Except for the white-lipped peccary (n 

 = 3; 100.0% of locations in Late Secondary Forest), no species were taken exclusively in a single 

 vegetation type. According to hunters, the reason for the wide variety of vegetation types in which 

 game species were taken was due to the fact that game species used different vegetation types for 

 different activities, for example, to rest, mate, forage, or seek drinking water. 



The significant relationship between game kill sites and areas categorized as Plots & Gardens, 

 Early Secondary Forest, and Other was supported by results from two other studies (Table 3-10). At 

 X-Hazil Sur, 63% of mammals and 70% of birds, by number of individuals, were taken in these three 

 vegetation types although these types composed only 11.5% of the study area (see Table 2-1). In 

 Brazil, Ka'apor Indian hunters at one site harvested 14.7% by number of the total game in areas 

 categorized as gardens (0.3% of the total catchment area), while hunters at another site harvested 

 36.6% by number of the total game in gardens (1.7% of the total catchment area; Balee, 1985). Balee 

 suggested that game used gardens as refuge and foraging areas. In Ecuador, Runa Indian hunters 

 harvested about 45% by number of the pacas and agoutis taken in areas categorized as fallows and 

 gardens (Irvine, 1987). Fallows and gardens also were important game kill sites for the collared 

 peccary (14.3% by number), brocket deer (35.0%), and acouchi (Myoprocta pratti; 28.9%) taken by 

 the Runa. Irvine suggested that gardens and fallows were important to pacas and agoutis due to the 

 crops, while fruiting trees attracted game in the fallows. 



Minimum catchment area and mean kill site distances . An understanding of the catchment 

 area over which hunters range is important in evaluating harvest yields and the status of game 



