A conflict between a threatened deer and indigenous agriculture: Tarukas (Hippocamelus antisensis D'Orbigny) and Aymara farmers in northern Chile

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dc.contributor.authorMunoz, Alejandra E.
dc.contributor.authorPetitpas, Robert
dc.contributor.authorMarin, Juan C.
dc.contributor.authorBonacic, Cristian
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-10T12:37:03Z
dc.date.available2024-01-10T12:37:03Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe taruka is one of the least known deer species of the world. Its range includes the northern Andean mountains in Chile, where their relationship with Aymara peasants is conflictive because of crop raiding. The aim of this study is to understand the nature of this conflict in Chile, and identify socio-ecological features that may explain it. Data of different sampling dates from 2003 to 2011 of night transects on roads, crop examination, interviews and direct sighting of tarukas were used to understand its ecology and relationship with local peasants. Peasants interviewed (n=47) cultivated mainly corn (85.1%) and alfalfa (74.5%) in small farms and 83% of them raise livestock. The conflict is widespread in Parinacota Province, where tarukas effectively consume crops, mainly abandoned alfalfa at night. The occurrence of crop raiding is not positively correlated with dry season as expected. However crop consumption is low (10.3% average of damaged plants in crop plots). In Del Tamarugal Province only 29.4% of peasants manifested conflict with tarukas but they did report conflict with other ungulates. Day sightings showed 78 tarukas in 34 encounters during 59 days. Night surveys yielded 11.6 +/- 7.4 tarukas/survey, sighted only in alfalfa plots. Aymara agriculture feeds tarukas and is declining because of rural-urban migration. The conflict must be considered in the conservation strategy of the species.
dc.description.funderWildlife Trust
dc.description.funderMacs Project (Manejo Sostenible de Camelidos Sudamericanos Silvestres)
dc.description.funderInterdisciplinary Center for Intercultural and Indigenous Studies - CIIR
dc.format.extent11 páginas
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.issn0717-6538
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/76734
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000727392700003
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Agronomía e Ingenieria Forestal; Munoz Gonzalez, Alejandra Ester; S/I; 11498
dc.issue.numero1
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoSin adjunto
dc.pagina.final45
dc.pagina.inicio35
dc.publisherEDICIONES UNIV, CONCEPCION
dc.revistaGAYANA
dc.rightsregistro bibliográfico
dc.subjectcrop raiding
dc.subjecthuman-wildlife conflict
dc.subjectindigenous agriculture
dc.subjectnative deer
dc.subjectCONSERVATION
dc.subjectMOUNTAIN
dc.subjectWILD
dc.subject.ods15 Life on Land
dc.subject.odspa15 Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
dc.titleA conflict between a threatened deer and indigenous agriculture: Tarukas (Hippocamelus antisensis D'Orbigny) and Aymara farmers in northern Chile
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen85
sipa.codpersvinculados11498
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadCarga SIPA;09-01-2024
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