The study estimates resource partitioning between impala, kudu, giraffe and elephant.
Furthermore, impala are often observed near forest boundaries, which are notably absent near much of the floodplain.
We suspect that this technique would work even better for other herbivore species with stronger habitat selection characteristics than the generalist impala.
However, our results showed relatively high populations of warthog, waterbuck and impala compared with earlier estimates.
The data on impala habitat use were taken from three successive field study reports.
While using the grassland areas as expected inside the park, impala significantly prefer the grasslands on the pastoral areas outside the park.
The mean heights browsed by kudu during both seasons were above the reach of impala that selectively picks leaves.
Similarly, habitat use was assessed for both seasons by allocating vegetation classes to bimonthly impala observations.
