Ecological Archives A025-025-A2
Jelle P. Hilbers, Frank van Langevelde, Herbert H. T. Prins, C. C. Grant, Mike J. S. Peel, Michael B. Coughenour, Henrik J. de Knegt, Rob Slowtow, Izak P. J. Smit, Greg A. Kiker, and Willem F. de Boer. 2015. Modeling elephant-mediated cascading effects of water point closure. Ecological Applications 25:402–415. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-0322.1
Appendix B. Simulated numbers of animals per species and region.
Table B1. Simulated numbers of animals per species within the four defined regions of Kruger National Park (see figure 1 k for the location of the regions).
Animal species |
Elephant scenario |
Region 1 |
Region 2 |
Region 3 |
Region 4 |
Elephant bull |
Low |
224 |
164 |
267 |
307 |
|
Current |
448 |
329 |
534 |
614 |
|
High |
672 |
494 |
801 |
921 |
Elephant herd |
Low |
1372 |
1334 |
1761 |
1443 |
|
Current |
2745 |
2669 |
3523 |
2887 |
|
High |
4118 |
4004 |
5285 |
4331 |
Buffalo |
- |
6752 |
2745 |
16573 |
11062 |
Roan |
- |
0 |
1 |
8 |
15 |
Wildebeest |
- |
1972 |
6107 |
620 |
501 |
Zebra |
- |
9386 |
10862 |
4386 |
4265 |
Impala |
- |
52649 |
59869 |
16772 |
23411 |
Steenbok* |
- |
108 |
253 |
86 |
103 |
Bushbuck* |
- |
100 individuals throughout KNP |
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Kudu |
- |
4095 |
2715 |
1353 |
2737 |
Giraffe |
- |
2635 |
3454 |
1216 |
995 |
* Note that these species were not the primary focus of the censuses so that their numbers might be underestimated in this modeling study.