A tracking technique to locate small mammals at low densities

• Main Authors: Boonstra, Rudy, Kanter, M., Krebs, Charles
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Amercian Society of Mammalogists 1992
• Subjects: Dicrostonyx; Microtus; tracking techniques; Arctic; Burrows; Tundra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/476

To optimize our livetrapping of low-density populations of lemmings (Dicrostonyx kilangmiutak) and voles (Microtus oeconomus) (0.2-0.4 animals/ha) in the Arctic tundra, we developed a powdered-slide tracking technique to determine if burrows were occupied. Painted microscope slides covered with talc...