Rodent density indices from tracking tunnels, snap-traps and Fenn traps: Do they tell the same story?

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-51

  Blackwell, Grant L ^a   Potter, Murray A ^a   McLennan, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calibration; Density indices; Fenn trap; Rattus rattus; Snap trap; Tracking tunnel

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RODENT; SAMPLING BIAS; TRAPPING;

NEW ZEALAND;

RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 0036311914     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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