Forage preference of the greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) in a miombo woodland adjacent to Umfurudzi Park, Zimbabwe

Figures & data

Table 1. Seasonal availability and acceptance of woody species selected by the Great Kudu in Garura CAMPFIRE project area

Species	Family	Dry season		Wet season
		Availability^a	Acceptability^b	Availability^a	Acceptability^b
Dalbergia melanoxylon	Fabaceae	0.03	1	0.13	0.25
Ficus coronata	Moraceae	0.27	1	0.23	0.95
Savanna dwababerry	Annonaceae	0.37	0.73	0.17	0.84
Dalbegia nyassae	Fabaceae	0.37	0.73	0.1	1
Gymnosporia senegalensis	Celastraceae	0.43	0.58	0.07	2
Ximenia caffra	Olacaceae	0.5	0.53	0.3	0.5
Bauhinia petersiana	Fabaceae	0.6	0.5	0.17	0.86
Trichilia emetica	Meliaceae	0.2	0.5	-	-
Burkea africana	Caesalpiniaceae	0.3	0.44	0.17	0.8
Diospyros mespiliformis	Ebenaceae	0.23	0.43	0.17	0.2
Acacia tortilis	Fabaceae	0.67	0.4	0.4	0.83
Flacourtia indica	Salicaceae	0.43	0.31	0.1	0.96
Colophospermum mopane	Fabaceae	0.53	0.25	0.2	1
Combretum paniculatum	Combretaceae	0.13	0.25	-	-
Dichrostachys cinerea	Fabaceae	0.5	0.2	0.17	0.92
Acacia nigrescens	Fabaceae	0.63	0.16	0.7	0.29
Grewia monticola	Malvaceae	-	-	0.17	0.2
Julbernardia globiflora	Fabaceae	-	-	-	-
Terminalia stenostachya	Combretaceae	-	-	-	-
Diplorhynchus condylocarpon	Apocynaceae	-	-	-	-
Tamarindus indica	Fabaceae	-	-	-	-
Brachystegia boehemii	Fabaceae	-	-	-	-
Bolusanthus speciosus	Fabaceae	-	-	-	-
Terminalia sericea	Combretaceae	-	-	-	-
Catunaregum taylorii	Rubiaceae	-	-	-	-
Bauhinia toementsa	Fabaceae	-	-	-	-
Strychnos innocua	Loganiaceae	-	-	-	-
Diospyros senensis	Ebenaceae	-	-	-	-
Combretum paniculatum	Combretaceae	-	-	-	-
Commiphora mossambiscensis	Balanitaceae	-	-	-	-
Pseudolachnostylis maproumeifolia	Phyllanthaceae	-	-	-	-
Albizia amara	Fabaceae	-	-	-	-
Lecaniodiscus fraxinifolous	Sapindaceae	-	-	-	-
Lonchocarpus capassa	Fabaceae	-	-	-	-
Xeromphis obovata	Rubiaceae	-	-	-	-
Euphobia cooperi	Euphorbiaceae	-	-	-	-
Hexalobus monopetalus	Annonaceae	-	-	-	-
Antdesma venosum	Euphorbiaceae	-	-	-	-

^aNumber of plots in which the woody species was present divided by the total number of plots (n)

^bNumber of plots in which the woody species was eaten divided by the number of plots in which the species was present.

- denotes not applicable or not available