Table 4. Mean (SD) consumption of the top five hunted game animals (2003–2004), and changes in animal populations over the last ten years as reported by a random subsample of households.
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Community A (n = 10) |
Community B (n = 10) |
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Species |
Annual consumption per household |
Population change |
Annual consumption per household |
Population change |
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Paca (Agouti paca) |
7.7 (5.5) |
+ |
14.1 (11.3) |
− |
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Amazon Blue-fronted Parrot (Amazonia ochrocephala) |
0.7 (1.7) |
+ |
5.5 (9.9) |
− |
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Tinamou (Crypturelius sp.) |
5.0 (5.9) |
no change |
5.0 (3.1) |
− |
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Brazilian Agouti (Dasyprocta sp.) |
2.0 (3.1) |
+ |
4.4 (2.8) |
− |
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White-lipped Peccary (Tayassu pecari) |
0.2 (0.4) |
no change |
3.4 (3.5) |
− |
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Average game consumption |
15.7 (10.7) |
no change |
32.4 (18.8) |
− |
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