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 vegetation types that occur on the study area. Given that many animals were taken while they were 

 feeding, their diet and the vegetation type of the kill site are related. In Chapter 4, data were presented 

 about the differences in wildlife densities in three forest successional stages: Late Secondary Forest 

 without Gardens (areas with little habitat or human disturbance), Late Secondary Forest with Gardens 

 (moderately disturbed areas), and Combined/Early Secondary Forest (highly disturbed areas). In 

 Ch^ter 6, data will be presented about the characteristics of Maya gardens and their use by game. In 

 this chapter, data about the nature, extent, and seasonality of consumption of garden crops by wild 

 animals at Ejido X-Hazil y Anexos will be presented. 



There were four general objectives for this study and several hypotheses: 



First objective. --Quantify and characterize food items consumed by game species, identifying 

 the most frequently taken food items, plant parts consumed, and proportion of plant and animal 

 matter. 



Second objective. -Compare the percent occurrence of major crop species in the diets of game 

 species. The hypothesis was that there were no differences in diets, by game species, with 

 respect to either the number of crop taxa consumed or the percent occurrence of crops in 

 stomach samples. 



Third objective. -Compare seasonal variation in consumption patterns of major CTop species by 

 selected game species. Two hypotheses were examined: One, for each major crop species, 

 there was no difference, by garden season for all game species combined, in the percent 

 occurrence or the percent volume by plant part of the individual major crop species in the diet. 

 Two, for each selected game species, there was no difference, by garden season for each 

 individual crop species, in the percent volume or percent occurrence of the individual major 

 crop species in the diet. 



