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BIRDS C»An NONE IWDCDON C PBOCjlRr ITT DEER "GUSANDS' 



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Figure 6-9. Frequency with which wild animals were identified by gardeners as the main crop 

 predators during 1989 and 1990 (none = no crop predators, c peccary = collared peccary, wt 

 deer = white-tailed deer, gusanos = various taxa of Gastropods). 



Wildlife tracks . Wildlife track surveys were used as a tool to complement measurements of 

 crop predation because wild animals could either have entered a garden in order to consume a 

 cultivated plant or to conduct some other activity. Track surveys also complemented the wildlife 

 censuses (see Chapter 4) in determining which species occurred in an area and the frequency with 

 which specific areas of habitat were used by wildlife. A survey of track slicks suggested that there 

 were differences in wildlife use patterns by month, vegetation type, and between gardens and adjacent 

 forest. 



A total of 96 tracks sets were recorded from 18 track slicks during 7/90-1/91 (Table 6-2). 

 These tracks were made by seven species of game mammals, two species of game birds, and eight 

 species of nongame mammals (see Chapter 3 for a discussion of game and nongame species). Dogs, as 



