Research Article

Population Density of Wild Animals and Their Conflict in Konasa_Pulasa Community Conserved Forest, Omo Valley, Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Density estimates for wild animals in Konasa-Pulasa community conserved forest (2019 and 2020).

AnimalYearParameterEstimateStandard error% CV95% CIAICModel

Grivet monkey2019P0.270.3412.580.21–0.35655.54Ne/Cos
ESW23.062.901312.5817.97–29.59
D3.570.6783918.992.44–5.23
N481.0091.33318.99328.00–703.00
2020P0.260.197.460.22–0.29574.71Hn/Cos
ESW25.851.92917.4622.28–29.99
D2.910.3429711.802.28–3.69
N586.0069.16411.80461.00–745.00

Anubis baboon2019P0.250.303112.060.19–0.32673.32Ne/Cos
ESW25.143.031212.0619.79–31.93
D3.660.6552917.882.58–5.20
N249.0044.53017.88175.00–354.00
2020P0.350.235.390.22–0. 47897.43Hn/Cos
ESW24.491.325.3922.02–27.25
D5.350.8716.243.84–7.48
N1456.00236.4016.241043.0–2033.0

Porcupine2019p0.370.377210.280.29–0.451060.92Hr/Cos
ESW21.432.203810.2817.49–26.25
D1.080.2210920.430.72–1.61
N108.0022.07020.4372.00–162.00
2020p0.550.234434.290.50–0.591112.41Uf/Cos
ESW31.941.36954.2929.35–34.76
D0.690.1226017.600.49–0.98
N70.0012.32117.6049.00–99.00

Spotted hyena2019p0.410.7919.680.28–0.591616.97Hr/SPs
ESW19.5493.8419.6813.30–28.72
D0.610.1422.590.39–0.95
N61.00013.7822.5940.00–95.00
2020p0.380.9123.760.24–0.611303.28Hr/Cos
ESW18.4274.3823.7611.61–29.24
D0.550.1525.890.34–0.92
N55.0014.23825.8934.00–92.00

Black backed jackal2019p0.470.353337.480.41–0.55744.57Hn/Cos
ESW23.061.72537.4819.88–26.74
D0.580.1020217.460.40–0.85
N84.0014.67017.4658.00–122.00
2020p0.430.6593415.320.32–0.58719.01Hr/Sps
ESW21.023.219615.3215.54–28.44
D0.720.1374619.220.49–1.05
N103.0019.79919.2270.00–151.00

D: density; N: population; ESW: effective strip width; P: detection probability; Hr/SPs: hazard rate/simple polynomials; Hr/Cos: hazard rate/cosines; Uf/Cos: uniform/cosines; Hn/Cos: half normal/cosines; Ne/Cos: negative polynomials/cosines.