The spatial patterns of indigenous wildlife use in western Panama: Implications for conservation management

摘要: Abstract Measuring the impacts of indigenous hunting on neotropical wildlife populations remains a difficult task. Significant insights can be gained by analyzing spatial patterns yields. This paper presents geographic analysis game captured hunters in 59 households belonging to five neighbouring villages western Panama over period 232 days. The locations 1269 kill sites within zone 131 km 2 were documented with trained local investigators and then entered into information system associated attribute data for analysis. Results show heavy concentration around study communities. Nearly 90% total harvest weight was just 2 km hunters’ homes. Yet, while several species are large numbers close home, others caught closer outer peripheries shared zone, suggesting that some degree localized depletion may have occurred. findings demonstrate value mapping boundaries zones assess tropical other ecosystems provide an empirical basis delimiting conservation balance use protection forest regions.