Table 4. The six alternative reserve scenarios with number of recognized populations, mean, minimum, and maximum carrying capacity (K), and mean distance among populations.

Species	Reserve scenario	No. pops	Mean K	Range of K	Mean dist. to other pops (km)
African wild dog	Small	13	14	4–65	139
	Big	5	47	18–80	161
	Small & Big Connected	9	35	18–65	150
	Big & Connected	2	64	20–235	125
	Bigger & Connected	2	127	40–285	108
	Biggest	2	187	46–328	116
Black rhino	Small	20	44	6–250	80
	Big	6	120	20–250	121
	Small & Big Connected	9	95	20–250	113
	Big & Connected	4	220	16–418	103
	Bigger & Connected	3	320	44–571	95
	Biggest	3	355	49–634	101
Cheetah	Small	13	10	4–36	146
	Big	5	29	15–40	155
	Small & Big Connected	9	20	10–36	144
	Big & Connected	3	51	14–96	126
	Bigger & Connected	3	62	28–110	109
	Biggest	3	64	32–122	114
Elephant	Small	17	115	16–600	78
	Big	6	373	30–616	117
	Small & Big Connected	10	292	30–616	109
	Big & Connected	4	669	111–1166	103
	Bigger & Connected	3	1081	194–1674	94
	Biggest	3	1189	213–1841	97
Leopard	Small	16	37	2–155	193
	Big	6	82	10–170	117
	Small & Big Connected	9	73	10–170	111
	Big & Connected	4	169	10–596	113
	Bigger & Connected	4	218	5–796	105
	Biggest	4	230	10–835	108
Lion	Small	14	23	7–125	147
	Big	5	72	20–125	156
	Small & Big Connected	9	49	10–125	144
	Big & Connected	4	113	31–286	124
	Bigger & Connected	3	193	46–358	110
	Biggest	3	212	51–394	118