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

The 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 pe...

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Main Authors: King, Carolyn M., Scurr, Don
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2013
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New Zealand
Rattus rattus
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10289/11073
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spelling ftunivwaikato:oai:researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz:10289/11073 2023-07-30T04:06:31+02:00 Optimizing the ratio of captures to trapping effort in a black rat Rattus rattus control programme in New Zealand King, Carolyn M. Scurr, Don 2013 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10289/11073 en eng http://www.conservationevidence.com/individual-study/5462 Conservation Evidence King, 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. https://hdl.handle.net/10289/11073 1758-2067 This article is published under Creative Commons licence (CC BY). Journal Article 2013 ftunivwaikato 2023-07-11T17:23:34Z The 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). Article in Journal/Newspaper Rattus rattus The University of Waikato: Research Commons New Zealand
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description The 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).
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author King, Carolyn M.
Scurr, Don
spellingShingle King, Carolyn M.
Scurr, Don
Optimizing the ratio of captures to trapping effort in a black rat Rattus rattus control programme in New Zealand
author_facet King, Carolyn M.
Scurr, Don
author_sort King, Carolyn M.
title Optimizing the ratio of captures to trapping effort in a black rat Rattus rattus control programme in New Zealand
title_short Optimizing the ratio of captures to trapping effort in a black rat Rattus rattus control programme in New Zealand
title_full Optimizing the ratio of captures to trapping effort in a black rat Rattus rattus control programme in New Zealand
title_fullStr Optimizing the ratio of captures to trapping effort in a black rat Rattus rattus control programme in New Zealand
title_full_unstemmed Optimizing the ratio of captures to trapping effort in a black rat Rattus rattus control programme in New Zealand
title_sort optimizing the ratio of captures to trapping effort in a black rat rattus rattus control programme in new zealand
publishDate 2013
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Conservation Evidence
King, 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.
https://hdl.handle.net/10289/11073
1758-2067
op_rights This article is published under Creative Commons licence (CC BY).
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