Assessing the Sustainability of Baird’s Tapir Hunting in the Bosawas Reserve, Nicaragua

Jeremy Koster

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Vol. 15 Núm. 20 (2006)

Evaluación de la sostenibilidad de la caza del tapir centroamericano en la reserva de Bosawas, Nicaragua

Jeremy Koster^▸^▾

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Enviado: 3 julio 2025
Publicado: 2006-12-01

Resumen

En muchas localidades de su área de distribución, el tapir centroamericano es una especie de caza preferida por los cazadores de subsistencia. Reviso la investigación sobre el tapir centroamericano y utilizo los métodos del modelo de producción de Robinson y Redford (1991) para presentar estimaciones de RMS basadas en tres estimaciones de densidad diversas. Estas estimaciones se utilizan para evaluar la sostenibilidad de la caza del tapir en la Reserva de Bosawas, Nicaragua. La evaluación indica que los tapires se extraen de forma insostenible en la zona central de caza, alrededor de dos comunidades indígenas. La inmigración de tapires desde áreas no explotadas río arriba de las comunidades parece explicar su persistencia en la zona de caza. Analizo los esfuerzos para proteger a esta especie y describo algunos de los desafíos para la conservación del tapir en la reserva.

Referencias

Alvard, M.S., Robinson, J.G., Redford, K.H. & Kaplan, H. 1997. The sustainability of subsistence hunting in the Neotropics. Conservation Biology 11:977-982.
Brooks, D.M., Bodmer, R.E. & Matola, S. (compilers). 1997. Tapirs – Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. viii + 164 pp.
Brown, J.L., Citino, S.B., Shaw, J. & Miller, C. 1994. Endocrine profiles during the estrous cycle and pregnancy in the Baird’s tapir (Tapirus bairdii). Zoo Biology 13:107-117.
Emmons, L. 1990. Neotropical Forest Mammals. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Foerster, C. 2002. Baird’s tapir project, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica. Tapir Conservation 11:11-13.
Foerster, C.R. & Vaughan, C. 2002. Home range, habitat use, and activity of Baird’s tapir in Costa Rica. Biotropica 34:423-437.
Fragoso, J.M.V. 1991. The effect of hunting on tapirs in Belize. In: J.G. Robinson & K.H. Redford (eds.) Neotropical Wildlife Use and Conservation, pp. 154-173. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Jorgenson, J.P. 2000. Wildlife conservation and game harvest by Maya hunters in Quintana Roo, Mexico. In: J.G. Robinson & E.L. Bennett (eds.) Hunting for Sustainability in Tropical Forests, pp. 251-266. Columbia University Press, New York.
Leeuwenberg, F. & Robinson, J. 2000. Traditional management of hunting in a Xavante community in Central Brazil. In: J.G. Robinson & E.L. Bennett (eds.) Hunting for Sustainability in Tropical Forests, pp.375-394. Columbia University Press, New York.
Naranjo, E.J. 1995. Abundancia y uso de hábitat del tapir (Tapirus bairdii) en un bosque tropical húmedo de Costa Rica. Vida Silvestre Neotropical 4:20-31.
Naranjo, E.J. & Bodmer, R.E. 2002. Population ecology and conservation of Baird’s tapir (Tapirus bairdii) in the Lacandon Forest, Mexico. Tapir Conservation 11:25-33.
Naranjo, E.J. & Cruz, E. 1998. Ecología del tapir (Tapirus bairdii) en la reserva de la biosfera la Sepultura, Chiapas, Mexico. Acta Zoologica Mexicana 73:111-123.
Novaro, A.J., Redford, K.H. & Bodmer, R.E. 2000. Effect of hunting in source-sink systems in the Neotropics. Conservation Biology 14:713-721.
Peres, C.A. 2000. Evaluating the impact and sustainability of subsistence hunting at multiple Amazonian forest sites. In: J.G. Robinson and E.L. Bennett (eds.) Hunting for Sustainability in Tropical Forests, pp. 31-56. Columbia University Press: New York.
Reid, F.A. 1997. A Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America and Southeast Mexico. Oxford University Press, New York.
Reyna-Hurtado, R. & Tanner, G.W. 2005. Habitat preferences of ungulates in hunted and nonhunted areas in the Calakmul Forest, Campeche, Mexico. Biotropica 37:676-685.
Robinson, J.G. & Redford, K.H. 1986a. Intrinsic rate of natural increase in Neotropical forest mammals: Relationship to phylogeny and diet. Oecologia 68:516-520.
Robinson, J.G. & Redford, K.H. 1986b. Body size, diet, and population density of Neotropical forest mammals. The American Naturalist 128:665-680.
Robinson, J.G. & Redford, K.H. 1991. Sustainable harvest of Neotropical forest mammals. In: J.G. Robinson & K.H. Redford (eds.) Neotropical Wildlife Use and Conservation, pp. 415-429. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Robinson, J.G. & Redford, K.H. 1994. Measuring the sustainability of hunting in tropical forests. Oryx 28:249-256.
Salas, L.A. & Kim, J.B. 2002. Spatial factors and stochasticity in the evaluation of sustainable hunting of tapirs. Conservation Biology 16:86-96.
Smith, D.A. 2003. Participatory mapping of community lands and hunting yields among the Buglé of Western Panama. Human Organization 62:332-343.
Smith, D.A. 2005. Garden game: Shifting cultivation, indigenous hunting, and wildlife ecology in western Panama. Human Ecology 33:505-537.
Smith, N.J.H. 1976. Utilization of game along Brazil’s transamazon highway. Acta Amazonia 6:455-466.
Stocks, A. 1996. The BOSAWAS Natural Reserve and the Mayangna of Nicaragua, In: K.H. Redford & J.A. Mansour (eds.) Traditional Peoples and Biodiversity Conservation in Large Tropical Landscapes, pp. 1-32. America Verde Series of The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA.
Stocks, A. 2003. Mapping dreams in Nicaragua’s Bosawas Reserve. Human Organization 62:344-356.
Townsend, W.R. 2000. The sustainability of subsistence hunting by the Sirionó Indians of Bolivia. In: J.G. Robinson & E.L. Bennett (eds.) Hunting for Sustainability in Tropical Forests, pp. 267-281. Columbia University Press, New York.
Vickers, W.T. 1984. The faunal components of lowland South American hunting kills. Interciencia 9:366-376.
William-Guillen, K., Griffith, D., Polisar, J., Dixon, O., Camilo, G., Asa, C., Bauman, K., McDaniel, P., Bradshaw, L., Shank, S., Zidek-Vanega, A., Koster, J. & Espinoza Mendiola, V. 2006. Poblaciones de animales silvestres y sostenabilidad de la cacería en Kipla Sait Tasbaika Kum, Bosawás, Nicaragua. Unpublished Report, Saint Louis Zoo, Managua, Nicaragua.
Yost, J. & Kelley, P. 1983. Shotguns, blowguns, and spears: An analysis of technological efficiency. In: R. Hames & W. Vickers (eds.) Adaptive Responses of Native Amazonians, pp. 189-224. Academic Press, New York.

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Nicaragua
Comunidades indígenas
Tapir de Baird

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Koster, J. (2006). Evaluación de la sostenibilidad de la caza del tapir centroamericano en la reserva de Bosawas, Nicaragua. Tapir Conservation, 15(20), 23-28. http://www.tapirconservation.org/index.php/tc/article/view/94

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