Table 3 in Trialling a simple camera-trap based method to estimate Black-backed jackal population density

Table 3: Population estimates for Black-backed jackals (Lupulella mesomelas) in the grassland habitat on Telperion Nature Reserve, from April to June 2017, based on home range estimates, using the minimum convex polygon method, from a previous study in asimilar habitat Home range estimateHome range km2Density nkm-2Population estimate for Telperion (individual)Population estimate for Telperion (mated pair)Minimum1.90.5021.3442.67Mean24.80.041.713.42Maximum91.50.010.430.86 The study habitat is approximately 42.67 km 2 Based on home range sizes estimated by Ferguson et al. 1983 for Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve in the Transvaal with all home ranges being exclusive.