The Primate Cultural Significance Index: applications with Popoluca Indigenous people at Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve

Table 3 Results and comparisons of the PCSI for both primate species between communities

	Index results				Comparisons
Index, sub-index, indicator	Piedra Labrada		Los Mangos		Community location Within vs outside
	Within TBR		Outside TBR		Community location Within vs outside
	A. geoffroyi	A. palliata	A. geoffroyi	A. palliata	A. geoffroyi	A. palliata
PCSI	151.98	209.55	60.99	266.13
OMF	4.07	5.56	1.89	7.89
MED	0.29	0.09	3.29	0.01	*******	ns
nd	0.25	0.01	0.67	0.01	***	ns
ef	0.01	0.04	1.60	0.00	***	ns
ex	0.03	0.04	1.02	0.00	***	ns
PET	2.82	0.82	1.83	1.00	*	ns
kee	0.99	0.12	0.61	0.00	ns	ns
de	1.83	0.70	1.22	1.00	*	ns
COM	0.86	0.34	0.8	0.33	ns	ns
rp	0.49	0.15	0.58	0.11	ns	ns
hp	0.37	0.19	0.22	0.22	ns	ns
FOOD	1.84	0.24	3.24	0.17	**	ns
con	0.62	0.12	1.22	0.06	**	ns
fc	0.31	0.03	0.71	0.02	**	ns
lc	0.32	0.03	0.45	0.03	**	ns
tas	0.59	0.06	0.86	0.06	ns	ns
TOUR	9.22	9.22	8.08	8.19	**	**
CSV	0.33	3.78	0.22	4.33	ns	ns
EMO	6.33	6.26	3.00	5.09	*******	ns
CONS	9.55	9.42	8.66	8.52	**	**
ECO	1.69	1.69	1.74	1.78	ns	ns
ABU	3.89	5.84	1.41	4.33	*******	*******
fs	1.89	3.04	0.52	2.61	***	ns
gs	2.00	2.80	0.89	1.72	***	***

P < 0.05 = *, P < 0.01 = **, P < 0.001 = *** and ns no significative difference. Sub-indices are in bold and indicators in low case and italics. PCSI Primates Cultural Significance Index; OMF Order of mention frequency; MED Medicinal, nd number of diseases that it cures, ef efficiency, ex exclusivity; PET Companion animal, kee keeping, de desire; COM Commercial, rp real price, hp hypothetical price; FOOD Food, con consumption, fc frequency of consumption, lc last consumption, tas taste; TOUR Touristic; CSV Cosmovision; EMO Emotional; CONS Conservation; ECO Ecological; AUB Perceived abundance, fs frequency of sightings, gs group size

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