Postrelease monitoring habitat selection by reintroduced burchell's zebra and blue wildebeest in southern Mozambique.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

In Africa, reintroduction of wild animal species to conservation areas is a common practice, for the recovery or restoration of populations. Effective monitoring of reintroduced species requires understanding of basic ecological requirements such as habitat selection of these species in the new environment. Therefore, the present study investigated the habitat selection of zebra and wildebeest following their reintroduction into Maputo Special Reserve, south Mozambique, and we use binary logistic analyses to investigate the relative influence of biotic and abiotic factors in determining the habitat use.

Location

Maputo Special Reserve, south Mozambique.

Methods

We conducted the study from July 2016 to June 2017. The data were collected by direct observation, drivi

SUBMITTER: Mandlate LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6580300 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature