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Techniques to Evaluate Hunting Sustainability

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Hunting is an activity historically practiced by human populations in all regions of the planet. Currently, its impact on wild species populations has led to growing concerns about the consequences of the loss of wildlife biodiversity, especially in tropical forests, raising questions about the limits of its sustainability. In this chapter, we indicate the main protocols used in research to evaluate the impact of hunting on the populations of target animals, emphasizing their principles, describing their application and, finally, discussing how to make inferences about the sustainability of hunting activities.

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  1. Department of Biology, Post-graduation Program of Ethnobiology and Nature Conservation, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Leonardo da Silva Chaves

  2. Biology Department, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Christini Barbosa Caselli

  3. Laboratório de Ecologia e Evolução de Sistemas Socioecológicos, Department of Botany, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    André Luiz Borba Nascimento

  4. Department of Biology, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

    Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves

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  1. Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

    Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

  2. Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil

    Reinaldo Farias Paiva de Lucena

  3. Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

    Luiz Vital Fernandes Cruz da Cunha

  4. Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, Brazil

    Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves

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da Silva Chaves, L., Caselli, C.B., Nascimento, A.L.B., Alves, R.R.N. (2019). Techniques to Evaluate Hunting Sustainability. In: Albuquerque, U., de Lucena, R., Cruz da Cunha, L., Alves, R. (eds) Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology . Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8919-5_21

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