Research Article

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

Table 5

Possible threats with their respective mean percent based on each respondent’s response (n = 21).

Reported possible threatsResponse of each interviewee on each of the question asked (in percent) in descending order (most frequent first) (%)

Fuel wood collection100.0
Illegal fishing97.0
Charcoal production95.0
Illegal grass collection90.3
Poaching88.0
Overgrazing85.0
Deforestation82.0
Settlement78.0
Illegal fire73.0

Note.n” indicates the number of interviewed park staff.