Marloth Park Management Plan. - Nkomazi Local Municipality
Marloth Park Management Plan. - Nkomazi Local Municipality
Marloth Park Management Plan. - Nkomazi Local Municipality
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Table 9: The current stocking densities, based on the September 2005 game count, if all open areas on <strong>Marloth</strong> <strong>Park</strong><br />
is accepted as potentially suitable habitat for game<br />
Type of animal Number of Mean mass Large-animal Browse-animal Equivalent Equivalent Percentage of Percentage of<br />
Animals of animal units units large-animal browse-animal ecological ecological<br />
in kg per animal per animal units per group units per group graze capacity browse capacity<br />
Low selectivity grazers<br />
Buffalo 0 650 1.25 0.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00<br />
Burchell's zebra 62 300 0.66 0.00 41.17 0.00 13.54 0.00<br />
White rhinoceros 0 1800 2.83 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00<br />
Sub total 62 13.54 0.00<br />
High selectivity grazers<br />
Blue wildebeest 40 210 0.54 0.00 21.68 0.00 7.13 0.00<br />
Roan antelope 0 250 0.61 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00<br />
Sable antelope 0 220 0.50 0.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00<br />
Tsessebe 0 130 0.35 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00<br />
Waterbuck 0 200 0.50 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00<br />
Sub total 40 7.13 0.00<br />
Mixed feeders<br />
Common impala 437 55 0.10 0.25 45.17 108.42 14.86 95.95<br />
Eland 0 500 0.43 1.56 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00<br />
Kudu 33 200 0.10 0.80 3.23 26.30 1.06 23.28<br />
Nyala 0 70 0.12 0.32 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00<br />
Warthog 43 70 0.10 0.12 4.26 5.11 1.40 4.53<br />
Sub total 513 17.32 123.75<br />
Browse feeders<br />
Black rhinoceros 0 900 0.00 3.43 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00<br />
Bushbuck 3 40 0.02 0.20 0.05 0.59 0.02 0.52<br />
Common duiker 6 20 0.00 0.22 0.01 1.31 0.00 1.16<br />
Giraffe 22 1000 0.02 4.28 0.40 94.20 0.13 83.36<br />
Steenbok 0 11 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00<br />
Sub total 31 0.15 85.04<br />
TOTAL 646 38.15 208.80<br />
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