Conservation Programs

Uganda Sitatunga

Species Involved: Sitatunga

Project Partner: University of Alberta: Department of Biological Sciences and Uganda Wildlife Authority

SCIF Investment: $25,000 funded by the Hunter Legacy Fund

SCIF Involvement: 2015-2017

Project Outcome

The sitatunga is a wetland‐dwelling antelope native to central Africa with spiral horns. They are particularly associated with the expansive papyrus marshes present along many river basins. Ph.D. student Camille Warbington at the University of Alberta studied the antelope in central Uganda using the time in front of the camera traps to estimate population density.  Warbington found that their data yielded a density estimate that averaged 11.1 sitatunga/km2.  The results of this study will be used to help guide management decisions and harvest quotas for this game species.

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