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The impact of attractants on pocket gopher trapping

原文链接：万方

• 作者：

  Roger A. BALDWIN,Ryan MEINERZ,Steve B. ORLOFF

• 摘要：

  Pocket?gophers?(Geomyidae)?have?an?extensive?impact?on?both?natural?and?agricultural?systems.?Trapping?is?a?tech-?nique?often?used?to?sample?and?manage?these?populations.?The?identification?of?an?attractant?that?increases?capture?rates?of?pocket?gophers?would?greatly?assist?researchers?and?pest?management?professionals?alike.?Therefore,?we?tested?the?attractiveness?of?four?attractants?(peanut?butter,?anise,?grapefruit?attractant,?and?carrot)?plus?a?control?(no?attractant)?using?uncovered?and?covered?trap?sets?to?determine?what?impact?they?have?on?visitation?and?capture?rates?of?pocket?gophers.?We?also?determined?how?the?impact?of?cover?status?and?attractants?differ?across?varying?weights?and?gender?of?pocket?gophers.?We?found?no?direct?effect?of?any?attracrant?on?visitation?and?capture?rates?of?pocket?gophers,?nor?on?the?gender?of?captured?individuals.?However,?when?no?attractant?was?used,?the?mtmber?of?pocket?gophers?captured?per?100?trap?nights?was?greater?when?trap?sets?were?uncovered?vs.?when?covered,?and?capture?rates?were?generally?high?and?consistent?when?using?peanut?butter?as?an?attractant.?Additionally,?we?noted?that?covered?trap?sets?that?were?baited?with?peanut?butter?yielded?heavier?pocket?gopher?captures?than?uncovered?trap?sets?using?this?same?attractant.?This?is?key,?given?the?difficulty?associated?with?capturing?older,?more?experienced?individuals.?Combined?with?data?from?a?previous?investigation,?this?suggests?that?there?is?no?advantage?to?using?any?attractant?when?utilizing?uncovered?trap?sets,?but?there?is?likely?some?benefit?to?using?peanut?butter?in?covered?trap?sets?[Current?Zoology?60?(4):?472-478,?2014].

• 关键词：

  捕获率 引诱 地鼠 口袋 病虫害管理 花生酱 农业系统 专业人士

• 作者单位：

  Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA%University of California Cooperative Extension, 1655 South Main Street, Yreka, CA 96097, USA

• 基金项目：

  Acknowledgements We thank Gallo Family Vineyards and various alfalfa growers for access to their property. Excellent field assistance was provided by S. Albano, M. Baldwin, M. Lopez, K. Nicholson, and T. Tappan. We also thank S. Albano for providing traps, and the University of California Statewide IPM Program for providing funding for this project.

• 来源期刊：

  动物学报(英文版)

• 年，卷(期)：

  2014004