CLOUT: SHIP RATS IN A Pinus radiata PLANTATION 141 SHIP RATS (RATTUS RATTUS L.) IN A

• Main Authors: Pinus Radiata Plantation, M. N. Clout
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Kerr; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.410.5222; http://www.newzealandecology.org/nzje/free_issues/NZJEcol3_141.pdf

SUMMARY: Unusually heavy rodent interference with apple-baited live-traps set for brush-tailed possums (Trichosurus vulpecula Kerr) in a 15-year-old Pinus radiata stand prompted an attempt to reduce the local rodent population by snap-trapping. Twenty-two ship rats (Rattus rattus L.) were caught in...