Elephant Database
African Elephant Specialist Group

Dung Count (Line Transects) Stratum/Block

Ghana
Phenotype: Forest (based on geographical location)
Data contributed by peter.mwangi@iucn.org, last updated 17/05/2012
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704 km²
Wetseason
Recorded at stratum level
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Ankasa Conservation Area and Draw River Forest Reserve

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Stratum/block area (km²): 704
Population estimate: 56
Variance: 160.2756
Standard error: 12.66
Value of t used to calculate 95% confidence interval:
Degrees of freedom:
95% confidence interval: 25.0
95% lower confidence limit: 31
95% upper confidence limit: 81
Check if no estimate of precision available: false
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Number of transects covered: 50
Total length of transects covered (in km):
Effective strip width:
Number of observations (encounters): 53
How were distances to observations estimated?: Using instruments
Number of elephants seen: 0
Number of dungpile on which the decay estimate is based: 260
Was dung decay rate measured on site, and if so, how?: Decay rate NOT measured on site
Dung decay estimate used (days): 52.0
Site where decay rate was measured: Bia Conservation Area, Ghana
Date (year) in which decay rate was measured: 2007
Dung decay rate - bibliographical reference: A Rocha, 2007
Variance:
Standard error: 2.221
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Check if no estimate of precision available: false
Was defecation rate measured on-site?: false
Estimate of defecation rate used (days): 19.0
Site where the defecation rate was measured: Santchou Reserve, Cameroon
Defecation rate - bibliographical reference: Tchamba, 1992
Variance: 0.911
Standard error: 0.23
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Check if no estimate of precision available: false
Estimate of dung density: 118
Variance:
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Value of t:
Degrees of freedom:
95% Confidence interval: 46.78
95% lower confidence limit: 72.11
95% upper confidence limit: 165.67
Asymmetric upper confidence interval: 174
Asymmetric lower confidence interval: 80
Check if no estimate of precision available: false
Dung encounter rate: 1.0
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