Table 5. Population dynamics of bonnet macaque populations along different roadsides.
| Name of the road | Distance covered (km) | Density/km | No. of animals/ No. of groups | Annual decline rate (%) | Expected population after 10 years* | Total population decline (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2015 | 2003# | 2015 | |||||
| Mysore-Ramnagar | 91 | 1.85 | 0 | 168/8 | 0/0 | - | 0 | 100 |
| Mysore-Kanakapura | 98 | 0.47 | 0.31 | 46/3 | 30/3 | 2.89 | 15 | 35 |
| Mysore-Kollegal | 67 | 1.87 | 1.76 | 125/6 | 118/8 | 0.47 | 113 | 6 |
| Mysore-Hangala | 75 | 2.27 | 0.43 | 170/10 | 32/4 | 6.76 | 16 | 81 |
| Mysore-HD Kote | 70 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 43/4 | 7/1 | 6.97 | 3 | 84 |
| Chamundi Hill | 19 | 14 | 11 | 266/7 | 209/7 | 1.79 | 175 | 21 |
| Begur-Handpost | 44 | 1.61 | 0.25 | 71/4 | 11/1 | 7.04 | 5 | 84 |
| TOTAL | 464 | 1.92 | 0.88 | 889/42 | 407/24 | 4.52 | 256 | 54 |
#- Singh and Rao, 2004 [37]
*- Calculated using exponential decay rate formula.