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Figure 6-8. Monthly phenology of squash as seven selected gardens during 1990 (n = 7 gardens). See 

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blackbirds (Icteridae), and pigeons and doves (Columbidae; see Appendix Z for a list of conunon and 

 scientific names of crop predators). The coati was the main mammalian crop predator at 13% of the 

 gardens in 1989, while crop predation was not a problem at 11% of the gardens. In 1990, the coati 

 was the main crop predator (30% of gardens, n = 40 gardens), but the collared peccary (Tayassu 

 tajacu; 23%), birds (20%), and taxa summarized as "other" (15%) also were reported by gardeners. 



Actual crop predation in crop phenology study plots was observed on two occasions. On 

 10/30/90, paca (Agouti paca) tracks and feeding sign on a com plant were observed in garden eight, 

 and on 1/18/91, agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) tracks and feeding sign on a camote plant (tuber) were 

 observed in garden seven. White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) tracks were observed on 9/10/90 

 in garden eight, but no crop predation was noted. Other examples of crop predation in gardens were 

 noted, but were not included here as they did not specifically occur on the study plots. 



