Wildlife uses and hunting patterns in rural communities of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Table 1 Human population size, number of recorded and interviewed hunters, and catchment areas for hunting in four communities of the Yucatan Peninsula, southeast Mexico (March 2010 – March 2011)

	Community
	20NOV	NB	XHZ + UHM	CHV
Ethnic group	Maya	Mestizo	Maya	Maya
Population size	350	420	1902	416
Hunters ^a	30	37	64	23
Total interviewed	25	32	44	26
Structured interviews (hunters)	10	15	16	11
In-depth interviews (hunters and others)	11	13	20	9
Community total area (km²)	350	530	550 ^b	550 ^b
Hunting catchment area (km²)	240	400	455 ^c	125 ^c

^a Numbers of hunters whose activities were recorded in hunting forms.
^b Area shared by the two communities.
^c Areas overlapped in about 50 km².
20NOV: 20 de Noviembre; NB: Nuevo Becal; XHZ + UHM: X-Hazil Sur + Uh May; CHV: Chankaj Veracruz.
The shapes of catchment areas were not circular and villages were located close to one of the community boundaries.

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