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Focuses on populations of puku antelope Kobus vardoni scattered throughout eastern and central Africa. Percentage of the total population that is restricted to the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania; View that the Kilombero Valley is an area rich in agricultural potential and natural resources; How wildlife populations are high and the inner valley is a game controlled area, although this only provides limited protection; Results of aerial surveys during the 1989, 1994 and 1998 dry seasons regarding puku population; Where signs of human activity were highest, indicating intense pressure on `boundary-zone? habitats at the floodplain-woodland interface; How puku use `boundary-zone? habitats during the wet season when large areas of grassland are flooded; Potential threats to the puku population; Impact of licensed trophy hunting on puku; How illegal hunting represents a serious threat near human settlements during the wet season and in accessible parts of the floodplain during the dry season.