The biomass of game animals in Nairobi National Park, 1960–66
Abstract
The large animals of Nairobi National Park have been censused intermittently once a month from mid-1960 until the end of 1966. Of the 23 species discussed, the density per kilometre has been determined accurately for the following: Grant's gazelle, Thomson's gazelle, water-buck, impala, wildebeest, hartebeest, eland, buffalo, warthog, giraffe, zebra and ostrich. From these figures the biomass has been calculated for each species each year. After a peak biomass of 12,775 kg/sq. km during the drought of 1960–61 the population declined to and remained fairly level at about 5690 kg/sq. km from 1962 to 1966. This figure includes about 1050 kg/sq. km of cattle and sheep. The large predators account for only about 1.4 % of the total biomass of wild animals while removing about 15.5% from this group annually.
URI
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1968.tb03059.x/abstracthttp://hdl.handle.net/11295/73712
Citation
Foster, J. B. and Coe, M. J. (1968), The biomass of game animals in Nairobi National Park, 1960–66. Journal of Zoology, 155: 413–425.Publisher
University of Nairobi