Unbiased Sampling for Rodents and Other Small Mammals: How to Overcome Neophobia Through Use of an Electronic-Triggered Live Trap—A Preliminary Test

Unbiased Sampling for Rodents and Other Small Mammals: How to Overcome Neophobia Through Use of an Electronic-Triggered Live Trap—A Preliminary Test

Live-trapping of urban rodents and other small mammals poses several challenges for researchers and pest control professionals (PMPs). Most traps are novel to the natural environment and elicit neophobic, or trap-shy, behaviors. Thus, animals captured in traditional traps may either be the least ris...

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Main Authors: Rafal Stryjek, Artur Kalinowski, Michael H. Parsons
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
arduino
lab-rat model
neophobia
random-sampling
trapping
trap-shyness
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2019.00011/full

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