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Title Neotropical wildlife use and conservation / edited by John G. Robinson and Kent H. Redford
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1991]
©1991

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Description xvii, 520 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: Foreword by Alfred L. Gardner -- Preface -- Part 1 - Framing the Issues -- 1. The Use and Conservation of Wildlife -- John G. Robinson and Kent H. Redford -- 2. Subsistence and Commercial Uses of Wildlife in Latin America -- Kent H. Redford and John G. Robinson -- 3. The Outlook for Sustainable Harvests of Wildlife in Latin America -- James H. Shaw -- Part 2 - Subsistence Hunting -- 4. Human Impact on Populations of Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows (Galliformes: Cracidae) in Venezuela -- Jose; L. Silva and Stuart D. Strahl -- 5. Hunting Yields and Game Composition over Ten Years in an Amazon Indian Territory -- William T. Vickers -- 6. On the Track of the Road: Changes in Subsistence Hunting in a Brazilian Amazonian Village -- J. Marcio Ayres, Deborah de Magalhês Lima, Eduardo de Souza Martins, and Jose; Luis K. Barreiros -- 7. Hunting and Its Effect on Wild Primate Populations in Suriname -- Russell A. Mittermeier -- Part 3 - Hunting and Collecting -- 8. Management of Olive Ridley Sea Turtles -- ( Lepidochelys olivacea ) Nesting at Playas -- Nancite and Ostional, Costa Rica -- Stephen E. Cornelius, Mario Alvarado Ulloa, Juan Carlos Castro, Mercedes Mata del Valle, and Douglas C. Robinson -- 9. Economic Analysis of Sea Turtle Eggs in a Coastal Community on the Pacific Coast of Honduras -- Cynthia J. Lagueux -- 10. Effects of Hunting on the Reproduction of the Paraguayan Caiman ( Caiman yacare ) in the Pantanal of Mata Grosso, Brazil -- Peter G. Cranshaw, Jr. -- 11. The Effect of Hunting on Tapirs in Belize -- Jose; Manuel V. Fragoso -- 12. Mammalian Densities at Protected versus Hunted Sites in Central Panama -- William E. Glanz -- 13. Wild Mammal Skin Trade in Chiapas, Mexico -- Marcelo Aranda -- Part 4 - Wildlife Farming and Ranching -- 14. The Rational Use of Green Iguanas -- Dagmar I. Werner -- 15. Steps toward Domesticating the Paca ( Agouti = Cuniculus paca ), and Prospects for the Future -- Nicholas Smythe -- 16. An Analysis of the Spectacled Caiman ( Caiman crocodilus ) Harvest Program in Venezuela -- John B. Thorbjarnarson -- 17. Human Exploitation of Capybara -- Juhani Ojasti -- Part 5 - Sport Hunting -- 18. The Eastern White-Winged Dove: Factors Influencing Use and Continuity of the Resource -- Paul C. Purdy and Roy E. Tomlinson -- 19. Whistling-Ducks as a Manageable and Sustainable Resource in Venezuela: Balancing Economic Costs and Benefits -- Francisco Dallmeier -- 20. White-Tailed Deer Management in Costa Rica -- Christopher Vaughan and Miguel Rodriguez -- Part 6 - Commercial Uses -- 21. Tupinambis Lizards in Argentina: Implementing Management of a Traditionally Exploited Resource -- Lee A. Fitzgerald, Jose; M. Chani, and Oscar E. Donadi;o -- 22. Sustained Harvesting of the Patagonia Guanaco: Is It Possible or Too Late? -- William L. Franklin and Michael A. Fritz -- 23. Vicuą Use and the Bioeconomics of an Andean Peasant Community in Catamarca, Argentina -- Jorge E. Rabinovich, Angel F. Capurro, and Leonor L. Pessina -- 24. Sustainable Use of Neotropical Parrots -- Jorgen Bent Thomsen and Amie Brautigam -- 25. The Psittacine Trade in Mexico -- Eduardo E. Iįgo-Elias and Mario A. Ramos -- 26. Tourism as a Sustained Use of Wildlife: A Case Study of Madre de Dios, Southeastern Peru -- Martha J. Groom, Robert D. Podolsky, and Charles A. Munn -- Part 7 - The Future -- 27. Sustainable Harvest of Neotropical Forest Animals -- John G. Robinson and Kent H. Redford -- 28. Prospects for Wildlife Management in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Curtis H. Freese and Carlos J. Saavedra -- Contributors -- References -- Index
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-490) and index
Subject Hunting -- Latin America.
Wild animal collecting -- Latin America.
Wild animal trade -- Latin America.
Wildlife conservation -- Latin America.
Wildlife management -- Latin America.
Hunting -- Latin America.
Wild animal collecting -- Latin America.
Wild animal trade -- Latin America.
Wildlife conservation -- Latin America.
Wildlife management -- Latin America.
Author Redford, Kent Hubbard.
Robinson, John G.
LC no. 90044430
ISBN 0226722589 (alk. paper)
0226722597 (paperback: alk. paper)