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dc.contributor.advisorOgden, Phil R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDowning, Carmen Garcia de, 1950-
dc.creatorDowning, Carmen Garcia de, 1950-en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-16T09:52:37Zen
dc.date.available2013-05-16T09:52:37Zen
dc.date.issued1989en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/292049en
dc.description.abstractWho uses the forage resources under a communal land tenure system? Using data from a Mexican Indian community with a history of communal land tenure extending prior to the Conquest, the research explores and attempts to answer this question. The analysis is based on 1970 socio-economic data for 533 households, secondary sources, and 1987 field observations in a community of Zapotec farmers in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. The factors influencing who uses the communal resources include livestock ownership, wealth ranking, migration history, and participation in the local labor market. Although all members of the community have the right to graze animals on the commons, only a fraction of the wealthier households exercise this right. Consequently grazing pressure is minimized (reduced) compared to the potential grazing pressure that otherwise would be exerted if all the members of the community were to exercise their rights to use the forage resources at the same time.
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.en_US
dc.subjectRange management -- Mexico -- Oaxaca.en_US
dc.subjectPasture, Right of -- Environmental aspects -- Mexico -- Oaxaca.en_US
dc.subjectZapotec Indians -- Land tenure.en_US
dc.titleCommon resource use in a Zapotec communityen_US
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dc.typeThesis-Reproduction (electronic)en_US
dc.identifier.oclc23359974en_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
dc.identifier.proquest1339037en_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineRenewable Natural Resourcesen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.S.en_US
dc.identifier.bibrecord.b18421039en_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-08-15T19:10:05Z
html.description.abstractWho uses the forage resources under a communal land tenure system? Using data from a Mexican Indian community with a history of communal land tenure extending prior to the Conquest, the research explores and attempts to answer this question. The analysis is based on 1970 socio-economic data for 533 households, secondary sources, and 1987 field observations in a community of Zapotec farmers in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. The factors influencing who uses the communal resources include livestock ownership, wealth ranking, migration history, and participation in the local labor market. Although all members of the community have the right to graze animals on the commons, only a fraction of the wealthier households exercise this right. Consequently grazing pressure is minimized (reduced) compared to the potential grazing pressure that otherwise would be exerted if all the members of the community were to exercise their rights to use the forage resources at the same time.


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