Table 2 Socio-political, ecological and overall fragility scores of 84 national lion populations listed from most to least fragile.

From: Socio-political and ecological fragility of threatened, free-ranging African lion populations

	Population	Rescaled ecological fragility score	Rescaled socio-political score	Overall fragility score		Population	Rescaled ecological fragility score	Rescaled socio-political score	Overall fragility score		Population	Rescaled ecological fragility score	Rescaled socio-political score	Overall fragility score
1	Maze	1.00	0.53	1.53	29	Welmel-Genale	0.41	0.53	0.94	57	Mana Pools, Hurungwe, Sapi, Chewore, Dande and Doma	0.36	0.38	0.74
2	Bush-bush	0.41	1.00	1.41	30	Bale	0.40	0.53	0.93	58	Udzungwa Mountains	0.44	0.29	0.73
3	Virunga	0.54	0.74	1.28	31	Afar-Awash	0.39	0.53	0.92	59	Laikipia-Samburu-Marsabit	0.43	0.29	0.72
4	Lake Manyara	0.99	0.29	1.28	32	Luengue-Luiana and Mavinga	0.19	0.72	0.91	60	Liuwa Plain	0.38	0.33	0.71
5	Nechisar	0.65	0.53	1.18	33	Murchison Falls	0.37	0.53	0.90	61	Bubye Valley	0.31	0.38	0.69
6	Chebera Churchura, Kaffa	0.62	0.53	1.15	34	Swaga Swaga	0.60	0.29	0.89	62	Gonarezhou-Save Valley	0.30	0.38	0.68
7	Toro-Semiliki	0.61	0.53	1.14	35	Manyara Ranch	0.59	0.29	0.88	63	Moyowosi-Kigosi	0.39	0.29	0.68
8	Garamba Complex	0.39	0.74	1.13	36	Ogaden	0.34	0.53	0.87	64	Southern Maasai Steppe	0.38	0.29	0.67
9	Liwonde and Mangochi	0.55	0.57	1.12	37	Magoe	0.42	0.45	0.87	65	Niassa-Quirimbas	0.18	0.45	0.63
10	Boma National Park	0.21	0.89	1.10	38	Saadani	0.58	0.29	0.87	66	Mkomazi	0.33	0.29	0.62
11	Sena Oura	0.39	0.71	1.10	39	Burigi-Chato	0.56	0.29	0.85	67	Sioma Ngwezi	0.27	0.33	0.60
12	Queen Elizabeth	0.55	0.53	1.08	40	Benoue Complex	0.38	0.47	0.85	68	Hwange	0.20	0.38	0.58
13	Yankari	0.41	0.67	1.08	41	South Omo Ecosystem	0.31	0.53	0.84	69	Shashe-Limpopo	0.51	0.07	0.58
14	Waza	0.58	0.47	1.05	42	WAP, Burkina Faso	0.33	0.50	0.83	70	Greater Kafue Ecosystem	0.22	0.33	0.55
15	Bili-Uere Complex	0.30	0.74	1.04	43	WAP, Benin	0.37	0.46	0.83	71	Hluhluwe-Umfolozi	0.45	0.07	0.52
16	Integral Nature Reserve and the Luando	0.32	0.72	1.04	44	WAP, Niger	0.35	0.48	0.83	72	Xaxa	0.49	0.00	0.49
17	Vwaza Marsh	0.44	0.57	1.01	45	Gorongosa-Marromeu	0.38	0.45	0.83	73	Luangwa Valley	0.15	0.33	0.48
18	Babille/Eastern Hararghe	0.48	0.53	1.01	46	Gambella	0.29	0.53	0.82	74	Serengeti-Ngorongoro-Loliondo	0.14	0.29	0.43
19	Kasungu	0.43	0.57	1.00	47	Kidepo Valley	0.29	0.53	0.82	75	Mara-Amboseli-Chyulu-Tsavo-BoniDodori	0.14	0.29	0.43
20	Kainji Lake	0.33	0.67	1.00	48	Niokolo-Koba	0.39	0.40	0.79	76	Khaudum-Caprivi	0.31	0.10	0.41
21	Zakouma NP and Surrounds	0.29	0.71	1.00	49	Greater Limpopo (including Karingani, Banhine)	0.34	0.45	0.79	77	Kalahari Gemsbok	0.32	0.07	0.39
22	Bamingui-Bangoran	0.28	0.70	0.98	50	Chizarira-Chirisa	0.40	0.38	0.78	78	Etosha-Kunene	0.29	0.10	0.39
23	Chinko and surroundings	0.28	0.70	0.98	51	Tchuma Tchato	0.33	0.45	0.78	79	Katavi-Ruaha	0.08	0.29	0.37
24	Maokomo	0.44	0.53	0.97	52	Longido	0.48	0.29	0.77	80	Northern Tuli	0.35	0.00	0.35
25	Akagera	0.41	0.56	0.97	53	Matusadona and Omay	0.39	0.38	0.77	81	Selous-Mikumi	0.00	0.29	0.29
26	Tuli Circle	0.58	0.38	0.96	54	Borana and South Omo Ecosystem	0.23	0.53	0.76	82	Kruger National Park and Adjoining Private Nature Reserves	0.10	0.07	0.17
27	Alatash, Bejemis & surroundings	0.42	0.53	0.95	55	Meru Conservation Area	0.47	0.29	0.76	83	Central Kalahari-Khutse-Gemsbok	0.13	0.00	0.13
28	Dinder	0.31	0.63	0.94	56	Lavushi Manda	0.41	0.33	0.74	84	Okavango-Chobe	0.04	0.00	0.04

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Table 2 Socio-political, ecological and overall fragility scores of 84 national lion populations listed from most to least fragile.

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