The effect of season and post-fire on habitat preferences of the endangered Swayne’s hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei) in Maze National Park, Ethiopia

Table 1 Number of permanent plots established along the transect routes and the number of pellets detected during the dry season

Habitat type	Number of plots	Number of pellets detected	r_i	n_i	E_i= (r_i − n_i)/(r_i +n_i)
Grassland	400	5931	0.90	0.4	0.40
Plain bushland	100	119	0.02	0.10	− 0.67
Sloppy bushland	119	76	0.01	0.12	− 0.83
Rugged bushland	191	16	0.00	0.19	−1.00
Riverine forest	148	131	0.02	0.15	− 0.76
Agricultural land	44	15	0.00	0.13	− 1.00
Total	1002	6288

One plot is 4 × 5 m = 20 m²; ri = is the proportion of all Swayne’s hartebeest pellet detected; ni = is the proportion of plots representing a habitat type; Ei = Ivlev’s selectivity index

ISSN: 1472-6785