Research Article

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

Table 3

The proportion of age and sex categories of waterbucks observed in both seasons.

Age structure of waterbucksNumber of individuals (mean ± SD)
Wet seasonDry seasonPercentage (%)

Adult male6.00 ± 2.164.00 ± 1.6330.8
Adult female6.75 ± 4.997.75 ± 5.1944.6
Subadult male1.75 ± 0.962.00 ± 0.8211.5
Subadult female2.25 ± 1.711.25 ± 1.8910.8
Juveniles0.5 ± 0.580.25 ± 0.502.3