 Reference Base  Monitoring of ungulate population structure in the Kruger... |
|
Mason, D.R., 1990. Monitoring of ungulate population structure in the Kruger National Park - report of a survey during August, September and October 1989. Skukuza, National Parks
|
|
|
|
| |
| Location: |
Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa |
| Subject: |
Behaviour - Social Behaviour |
| Species: |
White Rhino |
 |
|
Total sample 33, comprising 9 lone adult male, 3 bachelor groups of 2 adult male each, 1 pair of adult male and adult female, 1 pair of adult female and young female, 4 pairs of adult female with juvenile, 1 pair of adult female and juvenile accompanied by 1 adult male, 1 association of 2 adult female accompanied by 1 adult male.
Mean group size in census recorded from the ground was 1.7 (range 1-3) compared with a mean group size of 2.3 from the air, and 45% of ground observations involved single individuals, all adult males. Singletons comprised 27.3% of the total number of rhinos encountered (n=33) during the ground survey, compared with 10.8% of the population recorded from the air.
|
|
|
File available
details
Original text on this topic: