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Population growth of red lechwe, Kobus leche leche Gray, in the Busanga Plain, Zambia
Author(s) -
GRIMSDELL J. J. R.,
BELL R. H. V.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
african journal of ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.499
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1365-2028
pISSN - 0141-6707
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2028.1972.tb01171.x
Subject(s) - population , census , geography , mathematics , demography , sociology
Summary An isolated population of red lechwe living in the Busanga Plain, Zambia, has been protected from human hunting since 1948. Probably as a result the population has increased, as indicated by reliable census data. From 1956 to 1972 this increase has very closely fitted an exponential rate; the calculated value of the infinitesimal rate of population increase ( r ) is 0–131, and the finite rate of increase is 14‐0% per year. This exponential phase is considered to represent a segment of a logistic curve.