A comparison of bottles and snap traps for short-term small mammal sampling

James F. Taulman; Ronald E. Thill; T. Bently Wigley; M. Anthony Melchiors

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A comparison of bottles and snap traps for short-term small mammal sampling

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Authors:

James F. Taulman, Ronald E. Thill, T. Bently Wigley, M. Anthony Melchiors

Year:

1992

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

American Midland Naturalist. 127(1): 208-210

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Abstract

Bottles were tested as traps for small mammals. Used in conjunction with three types of snap traps over 30,240 trap nights, bottles captured eight (2%) of the total 421 mammals taken. Bottles were inefficient in capturing small mammals compared to snap traps.

Keywords

small mammals, trapping, techniques, snap traps

Citation

Taulman, James F.; Thill, Ronald E.; Wigley, T. Bently; Melchiors, M. Anthony. 1992. A comparison of bottles and snap traps for short-term small mammal sampling. American Midland Naturalist. 127(1): 208-210.