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

Formally Refereed

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.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/45510