Marloth Park Management Plan. - Nkomazi Local Municipality

Table 14: The potential stocking densities if only parklands and road reserves are accepted
as available habitat areas on Marloth Park
Type of animal Number of Mean mass Large-animal Browse-animal Equivalent Equivalent Percentage of Percentage of
Animals of animal units units large-animal browse-animal ecological ecological
in kg per animal per animal units per group units per group graze capacity browse capacity
Low selectivity grazers
Buffalo 0 650 1.25 0.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Burchell's zebra 26 300 0.66 0.00 17.26 0.00 6.99 0.00
White rhinoceros 0 1800 2.83 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sub total 26 6.99 0.00
High selectivity grazers
Blue wildebeest 46 210 0.54 0.00 24.93 0.00 10.09 0.00
Roan antelope 0 250 0.61 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sable antelope 0 220 0.50 0.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Tsessebe 0 130 0.35 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Waterbuck 0 200 0.50 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sub total 46 10.09 0.00
Mixed feeders
Common impala 79 55 0.10 0.25 8.17 19.60 3.31 21.31
Eland 0 500 0.43 1.56 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Kudu 20 200 0.10 0.80 1.96 15.94 0.79 17.33
Nyala 0 70 0.12 0.32 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Warthog 43 70 0.10 0.12 4.26 5.11 1.72 5.56
Sub total 142 5.82 44.19
Browse feeders
Black rhinoceros 0 900 0.00 3.43 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Bushbuck 3 40 0.02 0.20 0.05 0.59 0.02 0.64
Common duiker 6 20 0.00 0.22 0.01 1.31 0.00 1.42
Giraffe 4 1000 0.02 4.28 0.07 17.13 0.03 18.62
Steenbok 0 11 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sub total 13 0.05 20.68
TOTAL 227 22.96 64.87
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