Table 1. Per capita harvest and extraction rates for Pygmy and non-Pygmy settlements.
Harvest ratesa | Extraction ratesb | |||
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(P-1 Yr-1) | (H-1 Yr-1) | |||
Prey numbers | Biomass (kg) | Prey numbers | Biomass (kg) | |
Pygmies | ||||
N sites | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 |
Mean (SD) | 20.4 (23.2) | 376.3 (515.1) | 87.9 (109.9) | 1646.6 (2095.7) |
Min | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 24.5 |
Max | 76.8 | 1740.6 | 404.6 | 8183.7 |
Non-Pygmies | ||||
N sites | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
Mean (SD) | 39.5 (66.9) | 307.0 (450.6) | 162.0 (123.6) | 1283.9 (1004.2) |
Min | 0.0 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 24.6 |
Max | 298.0 | 1859.6 | 456.3 | 4944.9 |
pc | 0.10 | 0.32 | 0.01 | 0.23 |
a P = person
b H = hunter
c p values are from one-tailed t tests comparing values for Pygmies and non-Pygmies.