Population Ecology and Possible Threats to Defassa Waterbuck (Kobus Ellipsiprymnus Defassa) in the Nechsar National Park, Ethiopia

Table 2

Population estimate of waterbuck in the Nechsar national park (Mean ± SD).

Habitats (blocks)	Seasons	Individual animals observed	Population density (km^2)	Population estimate
Grassland (B-1)	Wet	29 ± 10.6	0.10 ± 0.03	49 ± 9.6
	Dry	14 ± 10.6	0.05 ± 0.02	24 ± 5.8
Wetland (B-2)	Wet	8 ± 4.9	0.00 ± 0.03	14 ± 9.6
	Dry	15 ± 4.9	0.01 ± 0.02	26 ± 5.8
Scattered vegetation with bushland (B-3)	Wet	21 ± 8.5	0.10 ± 0.03	36 ± 9.6
	Dry	9 ± 8.5	0.00 ± 0.02	15 ± 5.8
Riverine forest (B-4)	Wet	11 ± 8.5	0.00 ± 0.03	19 ± 9.6
	Dry	23 ± 8.5	0.10 ± 0.02	39 ± 5.8
Seasonal estimate	Wet season	17 ± 8.12	0.20 ± 0.16	118 ± 9.6
	Dry season	15 ± 2.5	0.25 ± 0.24	104 ± 5.8
Overall estimate	Mean	16 ± 5.31	0.23 ± 0.20	111 ± 7.7