Evaluation of invasive and non‐invasive methods to monitor rodent abundance in the Arctic

• Published in: Ecosphere
• Main Authors: Fauteux, Dominique, Gauthier, Gilles, Mazerolle, Marc J., Coallier, Nicolas, Bêty, Joël, Berteaux, Dominique
• Other Authors: Polar Knowledge Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Bylot Island; Dicrostonyx groenlandicus; Lemmus trimucronatus; Nunavut
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2124; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fecs2.2124; https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ecs2.2124

Abstract Monitoring rodent abundance is critical to understand direct and indirect trophic interactions in most northern terrestrial ecosystems. However, logistic constraints can prevent researchers from using capture–mark–recapture methods, a robust approach to estimate abundance. Our objective was...