Evaluation of trap capture in a geographically closed population of brown treesnakes on Guam

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 128-135

  Tyrrell, Claudine L ^a   Christy, Michelle T ^a   Rodda, Gordon H ^b   Yackel Adams, Amy A ^b   Ellingson, Aaron R ^b   Savidge, Julie A ^a   Dean Bradley, Kathy ^b   Bischof, Richard ^b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural response; Boiga irregularis; Capture heterogeneity; Ephemeral effect; Huggins closed capture model; Invasive species; Size selectivity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MONITORING; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SIZE SELECTION; SNAKE; TRAPPING;

GUAM; MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BOIGA IRREGULARIS; SERPENTES;

EID: 58249105851     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01591.x     Document Type: Article

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