Table 3 in Black-backed jackal diet in the Maria Moroka Nature Reserve, Free State Province: Implications for managing depredation on small stock farms

Table 3. The Importance Value of prey groups in the scats of Black-backed jackal at Maria Moroka Nature Reserve, September 2011 to December 2012. The numbers of scats are indicated in brackets. MONTH (n)Antelope#MiceSpringhareCarnivoreGround squirrelHareBirdInvertebrateFruitAbioticUnidentifiedSep 11 (23)2.6012.926.411.700.760.190.190.000.000.000.00Oct 11 (22)2.8427.400.210.210.000.000.010.020.010.000.21Nov 11 (23)9.259.2615.310.000.000.000.0010.000.020.000.00Dec 11 (23)0.0026.997.340.190.000.000.001.140.0040.000.19Jan 12 (12)0.0020.8417.192.780.000.000.000.000.000.000.039Feb 12 (12)0.0044.4511.110.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00Mar 12 (25)2.4625.197.840.000.000.000.000.000.0030.000.00Apr 12 (10)0.0015.8015.603.980.000.000.000.000.450.000.00May 12 (27)49.390.822.190.550.000.000.000.000.000.000.008Jun 12 (24)22.987.486.040.170.000.000.000.000.0030.000.00Jul 12 (26)25.1019.311.330.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00Aug 12 (28)1.703.1550.970.000.000.000.000.090.0060.0010.00Sep 12 (23)26.791.408.321.700.000.000.000.000.0290.000.00Oct 12 (15)16.002.732.523.920.001.730.000.000.160.000.039Nov 12 (18)1.230.0030.870.030.001.200.001.053.470.000.00Dec 12 (23)0.0025.796.943.310.000.000.000.000.830.000.00Mean (n=20.9±6.2)10.0215.2211.891.160.050.310.010.140.310.0000.03 * Dominated by Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis, with an average Importance Value of 9.82 # Dominated by Vlei rat Otomys auratus, with an average monthly Importance Value of 8.01