Optimizing the ratio of captures to trapping effort in a black rat Rattus rattus control programme in New Zealand

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dc.contributor.authorKing, Carolyn M.en_NZ
dc.contributor.authorScurr, Donen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-22T04:17:12Z
dc.date.available2013en_NZ
dc.date.available2017-05-22T04:17:12Z
dc.date.issued2013en_NZ
dc.description.abstractThe ratio of captures to unit effort is an important cost/benefit measure for volunteer pest control programmes. We describe an experiment designed to investigate the use of pre-feeding and trap pulsing as possible means of increasing this ratio. In 20 traps locked-open and pre-fed with non-toxic pellets for five days, the same number of black rats was caught over the next 5 days as in 20 non pre-fed traps set for the whole 10 days (32 rats each). Allowing for successful traps being unavailable for an average of half a night each, the capture rate in the pre-fed traps was 47% over five days, more than double that in the non pre-fed traps set for twice as long (total 19% in 10 days).
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dc.identifier.citationKing, C. M., & Scurr, D. (2013). Optimizing the ratio of captures to trapping effort in a black rat Rattus rattus control programme in New Zealand. Conservation Evidence, 10, 95–97.en
dc.identifier.eissn1758-2067en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/11073
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.isPartOfConservation Evidenceen_NZ
dc.relation.urihttp://www.conservationevidence.com/individual-study/5462en_NZ
dc.rightsThis article is published under Creative Commons licence (CC BY).
dc.titleOptimizing the ratio of captures to trapping effort in a black rat Rattus rattus control programme in New Zealanden_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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pubs.elements-id193883
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