Pitfalls and Snap Traps for Sampling Small Mammals and Herpetofauna
- 1 October 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in The American Midland Naturalist
- Vol. 118 (2) , 284-288
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2425786
Abstract
Experiments were conducted to compare the efficiency of drift-fence pitfalls with three types of snap traps for sampling small mammals and to determine the usefulness of pitfalls for sampling herpetofauna. During winter 1984, small mammal capture rates were lower in pitfalls and Victor rat traps than in Victor mouse traps (P < 0.01). During summer and autumn 1984, capture rates in pitfalls were greater than in Victor mouse traps (P < 0.01). During winter and summer 1985, capture rates of pitfalls and Museum Specials were similar. Pitfalls with drift fences also captured 220 individual reptiles and amphibians.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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