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These data are part of a data portal that accompanies the special issue
‘Climate change adaptation needs a science of culture,’ published in
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B in 2023. To access the
data portal, please visit 10.5061/dryad.bnzs7h4h4. Summary Repository of R
and Stan code to simulate and analyse foraging trip data (patch choice and
harvest success). Accompanying manuscript F. Hillemann, B. A. Beheim, E.
Ready. 2023. Socio-economic predictors of Inuit hunting strategies and
their implications for climate change adaptation. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B
378: 20220395. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0395 Manuscript
Abstract:In the Arctic, seasonal variation in the accessibility of the
land, sea ice, and open waters influences which resources can be harvested
safely and efficiently. Climate stressors are also increasingly affecting
access to subsistence resources. Within Inuit communities, people differ
in their involvement with subsistence activities, but little is known
about how engagement in the cash economy (time and money available) and
other socio-economic factors shape the food production choices of Inuit
harvesters, and their ability to adapt to rapid ecological change. We
analyse 281 foraging trips involving 23 Inuit harvesters from
Kangiqsujuaq, Nunavik, using a Bayesian approach modelling both patch
choice and within-patch success. Gender and income predict Inuit harvest
strategies: while men, especially men from low-income households, often
visit patches with a relatively low success probability, women and
high-income hunters generally have a higher propensity to choose low-risk
patches. Inland hunting, marine hunting, and fishing differ in the
required equipment and effort, and hunters may have to shift their
subsistence activities if certain patches become less profitable or less
safe due to high costs of transportation or climate change (e.g., navigate
larger areas inland instead of targeting seals on the sea ice). Our
finding that household income predicts patch choice suggests that the
capacity to maintain access to country foods depends on engagement with
the cash economy.
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