Table 3.

Relative frequency (%) of rodent and shrew species trapped in the buffer zone and the core area during dry and wet seasons. Buffer zone: 834 traps, 534 dry season and 300 wet season; core area: 1181 traps: 431 dry season and 750 wet season.

	buffer zone		core area
species	dry	wet	dry	wet
Lophuromys brevicaudus	3.56	9.33	12.06	20.80
Stenocephalemys griseicauda	5.81	0.00	0.00	2.13
Stenocephalemys albipes	4.87	0.00	0.00	0.00
Stenocephalemys albocaudata	0.00	7.33	3.25	7.73
Mastomys natalensis	2.43	0.00	0.00	0.00
Otomys typus	0.19	3.00	0.93	0.93
Lophuromys flavopunctatus	1.12	2.00	0.00	2.53
Dendromus lovati	0.00	0.00	0.23	0.00
Arvicanthis abyssinicus	0.37	0.00	0.00	0.00
Crocidura baileyi	0.00	0.00	0.23	2.40
Crocidura macmillani	0.37	0.00	0.23	1.33