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Table 4-1. Average sighting frequency (mean number of sightings per 10,000 km) of wildlife, 

 summarized by species, groups, and game and nongame birds and mammals censused along 12 

 transects in three successional stages of forest at Ejido X-Hazil y Anexos, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 

 during 1990 (d.f. = 2 throughout). 









Successional 



stages 







x' 

 approx. 







Late Secondary 



Forest without 



Gardens 



Late Secondary 



Forest with 



Gardens 



Combined/ 



Early 

 Secondary 



Forest 





Taxa' 



— b 

 X 



SE 



X 



SE 



X 



SE 



P 



a) Species 



















Squirrels (47) 



2.7 



(0.4) 



1.8 



(0.3) 



1.4 



(0.4) 



3.6699 



0.1596 



Coati (17)*' 



0.3 



(0.1) 



1.9 



(1.4) 



0.0 



(0.0) 



4.8673 



0.0877 



Kinkajou (31) 



2.0 



(0.5) 



1.4 



(0.5) 



0.4 



(0.2) 



5.4220 



0.0665 



Plain 

 chachalaca (64)* 



1.9 



(0.7) 



0.6 



(0.6) 



5.2 



(0.2) 



8.4900 



0.0143 



b) Groups 



Marsupials & 

 Edentates (18) 



1.6 



(1.1) 



0.9 



(0.4) 



0.7 



(0.3) 



0.1886 



0.9100 



Rodents (68) 



10.3 



(6.6) 



3.0 



(0.6) 



1.8 



(0.5) 



4.6991 



0.0954 



Carnivores (55) 



10.2 



(8.3) 



3.4 



(1.7) 



0.9 



(0.2) 



6.2482 



0.0440 



Artiodactyls (9) 



0.3 



(0.3) 



0.3 



(0.1) 



0.6 



(0.2) 



1.6545 



0.4337 



Birds (90) 



5.2 



(1.7) 



1.3 



(0.8) 



6.8 



(0.5) 



7.2692 



0.0264 



c) Game versus 



















nongame species' 



















Game mammals 



(47)* 



1.4 



(0.8) 



3.3 



(1.8) 



1.0 



(0.3) 



3.2473 



0.1972 



Nongame 

 mammals (103) 



21.0 



(16.3) 



4.3 



(0.9) 



3.0 



(0.4) 



3.4833 



0.1752 



Game birds (78)* 



4.8 



(1.8) 



1.2 



(0.7) 



5.8 



(0.2) 



7.2947 



0.0261 



Nongame birds 

 (12) 



0.4 



(0.2) 



0.1 



(0.1) 



1.0 



(0.4) 



3.2249 



0.1994 



See Appendix L for common and scientific names, (n) = number of sightings. 



X = (10,000) * (average of four replicates of sightings/km). 



* = Game species. See Chapter 3 for additional information about game species. 



