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TABLE 2 Results of Poisson generalized linear model analysis to assess the effects of market, season and taxonomic group on the number of bushmeat carcasses recorded per survey day for two datasets (without and with amphibians).


Explanatory variable


Without amphibians Market


Season Taxonomic group


Fumbisi Sandema Wet


Birds


Carnivores Primates Rabbits Reptiles Rodents


With amphibians Market


Season Taxonomic group


Fumbisi Sandema Wet


Amphibians Birds


Carnivores Primates Rabbits Reptiles Rodents


Estimate ± SE


1.755 ± 0.079 0.218 ± 0.090


−0.854 ± 0.049 1.459 ± 0.130


−0.857 ± 0.214 0.607 ± 0.145


1.839 ± 0.126 0.772 ± 0.142 2.286 ± 0.123


3.381 ± 0.075 2.475 ± 0.076


−1.337 ± 0.023 4.760 ± 0.118


1.459 ± 0.130 −0.857 ± 0.214


0.607 ± 0.145 1.839 ± 0.126 0.772 ± 0.142 2.286 ± 0.123


z


22.140 2.420


−17.469 11.228


−3.995 4.175


14.591 5.456


18.609 44.882


32.489


−58.125 40.494


11.228 −3.995


4.175


14.591 5.456


18.609 P(.|z|)


,0.01 ,0.05 ,0.01 ,0.01 ,0.01 ,0.01 ,0.01 ,0.01 ,0.01


,0.01 ,0.01 ,0.01 ,0.01 ,0.01 ,0.01 ,0.01 ,0.01 ,0.01 ,0.01


Baseline reference


Chiana Dry


Ungulates


Chiana Dry


Ungulates


from a minimum of GHS 4 (USD 0.74 based on exchange rates estimated for the second quarter of 2019) for a whole giant rat Cricetomys gambianus to GHS 42 (USD 7.82) per piece of common warthog Phacochoerus africanus meat. Based on the price of smoked meat for which weight data were available (168 observations), monkey species were the cheapest bushmeat recorded at GHS 11.15 ± SD 3.14 per kg (USD 2.07), whereas the helmeted guinea fowl Numida me- leagris had the highest mean price of GHS 33.7 ± SD 7.4 per kg (USD 6.27;n = 13), followed by grasscutter Thryonomys swinderianus GHS 29.7 ± SD 8.1 per kg (USD 5.51)(Fig. 4). These premiums are unsurprising as guinea fowl and grasscutters are popular with bushmeat consumers in urban areas and command high prices. Generally, the price of bushmeat was more variable


throughout the year and higher than that of domestic meats such as beef. In contrast, the price of fish was relatively consistent frommonth tomonth, with a price of GHS 18.7 ± SD 1.9 per kg (USD 3.47;n = 63), which was cheaper than most of the smaller-bodied bushmeat species such as birds and rabbits but higher than for some bushmeat species such as grey duiker andmonkey (Fig. 4). Beef was the cheap- est animal protein sold at themarkets,with a consistent mean sale price of GHS 10.2 ± SD 1.8 per kg (USD 1.89;n = 15).


Trade flows


Bushmeat traded in the three markets came from several lo- calities and neighbouring villages in the study area and from


FIG. 4 Mean ± SD price per kg of fish, beef and various bushmeat species on sale in the three markets. USD 1 was equivalent to GHS 5.37 in the second quarter of 2019. *Unidentifiable to species.


Burkina Faso. Information on the destinations of the traded bushmeat carcasses obtained from the market surveys re- vealed two types of trade: purchase for local consumption and purchase by wholesalers for transport beyond the study area. More than half (60%) of the total biomass


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