People in nature : wildlife conservation in South and Central America / Kirsten M. Silvius, Richard E. Bodmer, and José M.V. Fragoso, editors.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-445) and index.

Chapter 1. Wildlife Conservation and Management in South and Central America: Multiple Pressures and Innovative solutions / José M.V. Fragoso, Richard E. Bodmer and Kirsten M. Silvius--Part I. Local peoples and Community Management--Chapter 2. Conceptual basis for the selection of Wildlife management strategies by the Embera people in the Utria National Park, Chocó, Colombia / Astrid Ulloa, Claudia Campos, and Heidi Rubio-Torgler--Chapter 3. Bridging the gap between western scientific and traditional indigenous wildlife management : the Xavante of Rio Das Mortes Indigenous Reserve, Mato Grosso, Brazil / Kirsten M. Silvius--Chapter 4. Increasing local stakeholder participation in wildlife management projects with rural communities : lessons from Bolivia / Wendy R. Townsend--Chapter 5. Community-based wildlife management in the Gran Chaco Bolivia / Andrew J. Noss and Michael Painter--Chapter 6. Fisheries in the Amazon Várzea : historical trends, current status, and factors affecting sustainability / William G.R. Crampton, Leandro Castello and João Paulo Viana--Chapter 7. Fisheries Management in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve / William G.R. Crampton, João Paulo Viana, Leandro Castello and José María B. Damasceno--Chapter 8. Hunting effort as a tool for community-based wildlife management in Amazonia / Pablo E. Puertas and Richard E. Bodmer
Part II. Economic Considerations--Chapter 9. Economic incentives for sustainable community management of fishery resources in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, Amazonas, Brazil / João Paulo Viana, José Maria B. Damasceno, Leandro Castello--Chapter 10. Community ownership and live shearing of vicuñas in Peru : evaluating management strategies and their sustainability / Catherine T. Sahley, Jorge Torres Vargas and Jesús Sánchez Valdivia--Chapter 11. Captive breeding programs as an alternative for wildlife conservation in Brazil / Sergio Nogueira-Filho and Selene Siqueira da Cunha Nogueira--Chapter 12. Economic Analysis of Wildlife Use in the Peruvian Amazon / Richard Bodmer, and Eterzit Pezo Lozano and Tula G. Fang--Part III. Fragmentation and other non-harvest human impacts--Chapter 13. Mammalian densities and species extinctions in Atlantic forest fragments : the need for population management / Laury Cullen Jr., Richard E. Bodmer, Claudio Valladares-Pádua, and Jonathan D. Ballou--Chapter 14. Abundance, spatial distribution, and human pressure on Orinoco Crocodiles in the Cojedes River system, Venezuela / Andrés E. Seijas--Chapter 15. Impacts of Damming on Primate Community Sructure in the Amazon--A Case Study of the Samuel Dam, Rondônia, Brazil / Rosa M. Lemos de Sá--Chapter 16. Niche partitioning among Gray Brocket deer, pampas deer, and cattle in the Pantanal, Brazil / Laurenz Pinder--Chapter 17. Ecology and conservation of the Jaguar in Iguaçu National Park, Brazil / Peter G. Crawshaw Jr., Jan K. Mähler, Cibele Indrusiak, Sandra M.C. Cavalcanti--Chapter 18. A long-term study of white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) populationfluctuations in Northern Amazonia : Anthropogenic vs. "natural" causes / José M.V. Fragoso--Part IV. Hunting Impacts
biological basis and rationale for sustainability--Chapter 19. Evaluating the sustainability of hunting in the Neotropics / Richard E. Bodmer and John G. Robinson--Chapter 20. Hunting sustainability of ungulate populations in the Lacandon forest, Mexico / Eduardo J. Naranjo, Jorge E. Bolaños, Michelle M. Guerra, and Richard E. Bodmer--Chapter 21. Human use and conservation of economically important birds in seasonally-flooded forests of the northeastern Peruvian Amazon / by José A. González--Chapter 22. Patterns of use and hunting of turtles in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, Amazonas, Brazil / Augusto Fachin Teran, Richard C. Vogt, and John B. Thorbjarnar--Chapter 23. Fisheries, by Fishing Effort and Fish Consumption in the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve and its area of influence / Salvador Tello--Chapter 24. Implications of the spatial structure of game populations for the sustainability of hunting in the Neotropics / Andrés J. Novaro--Chapter 25. Hunting and wildlife management in French Guiana: Current aspects and future prospects / Cécile Richard-Hansen and Eric Hansen.