Effects of mongoose odors on rat capture success |
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| Authors: | Mark E. Tobin Richard M. Engeman Robert T. Sugihara |
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| Affiliation: | (1) US Department of Agriculture, Denver Wildlife Research Center, PO Box 10880, 96721 Hilo, Hawaii;(2) US Department of Agriculture, Denver Wildlife Research Center, Building 16 Denver Federal Center, PO Box 25266, 80225 Denver, Colorado |
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| Abstract: | Wild rats,Rattus norvegicus, R. exulans, andR. rattus, avoided wire-cage live traps that had previously captured mongooses,Herpestes auropunctatus. Replacing traps soiled by mongooses with clean traps would increase rat capture success and reduce a source of experimental bias. |
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| Keywords: | Herpestes auropunctatus predator odors Rattus semiochemicals trap success |
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