Elephant Database
African Elephant Specialist Group

Ghana, 2007

All Years for Ghana: 201620132007200219981995

2007 Summary Totals for Ghana

Data Category Definite Probable Possible Speculative
Aerial or Ground Total Counts401000
Direct Sample Counts and Reliable Dung Counts3881791790
Other Dung Counts0208550
Informed Guesses0070
Other Guesses00012
Totals 200678938724112

Interpretation of Changes in Estimates from Previous Report

Cause of Change Definite Probable Possible Speculative
New Population00+70
Different Technique+259-41-854-300
Data Degraded00-11+9
Totals+259-41-859-291

Area of Range Covered by Each Data Category (km²)

Data CategoryKnown RangePossible RangeTotal Range
Aerial or Ground Total Counts2,6281,7104,338
Direct Sample Counts and Reliable Dung Counts2,34802,348
Other Dung Counts2,704242,728
Informed Guesses1400140
Other Guesses3200320
Unassessed Range4,7208,70713,426
Totals12,86010,44123,301

Ghana : Elephant Estimates

Cause ofSurvey Details2 Number of Elephants Area Map Location
Input ZoneChange1TypeReliab.YearEstimate95% C.L. SourcePFS3 (km²) Lon. Lat.
Ankasa Conservation Area-DC3C200121 15Danquah et al., 20012509 2.6W 5.3N
Bia National Park & Resource ReserveDTDC2C2004115 29Sam et al., 20063306 3.1W 6.5N
Chichibon CorridorDDIG3E199412 3*Sam & Wilson, 19942290 .7W 7.3N
Dadieso Forest ReserveNPIG3D20027Ayesu, 20033195 3.0W 6.0N
Digya National ParkDTDC1B2006357 54Kumordzi & Danquah, 200623,478 .3W 7.4N
Goaso Forest Reserves ComplexDTDC3C200472 44Sam, 200422,035 2.7W 6.8N
Kakum Conservation AreaDTDC1B2004164 36Danquah, 20043366 1.3W 5.5N
Mole National ParkDTAT2A2006401Bouché, 200624,504 1.9W 9.6N
Red & White Volta - Morago Ecosystem-DC3B199846 167Sam, 199821,370 .5W 10.7N

* Range of informed guess

1Key to Causes of Change (only tracked since 2007): DA: Different Area; DD: Data Degraded; DT: Different Technique; NA: New Analysis; NG: New Guess; NP: New population; PL: Population Lost; RS: Repeat Survey (RS ́ denotes a repeat survey that is not statistically comparable for reasons such as different season); –––: No Change

2Key to Survey Types: AC: Aerial Count, not specified; AS: Aerial Sample Count; AT: Aerial Total Count; DC: Dung Count; EX: Extrapolation from GIS; GD: Genetic Dung Count; GS: Ground Sample Count; GT: Ground Total Count; IG: Informed Guess; IR: Individual Registration; OG: Other Guess. Survey Type is followed by an indicator of survey quality, ranked from 1 to 3 (best to worst). Survey Reliability is keyed A-E (best to worst) as outlined in this table.

3PFS: Priority for Future Surveys, ranked from 1 to 5 (highest to lowest). Based on the precision of estimates and the proportion of national range accounted for by the site in question, PFS is a measure of the importance and urgency for future population surveys. All areas of unassessed range have a priority of 1. See Introduction for details on how the PFS is derived.

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