A LOCKING MECHANISM FOR ELLIOTT MAMMAL TRAPS TO IMPROVE CAPTURE EFFICIENCY

Authors
JOHNSON BW
Citation
Bw. Johnson, A LOCKING MECHANISM FOR ELLIOTT MAMMAL TRAPS TO IMPROVE CAPTURE EFFICIENCY, Wildlife research, 23(1), 1996, pp. 119-120
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,Ecology
Journal title
Wildlife research → ACNP
ISSN journal
10353712
Volume
23
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
119 - 120
Database
ISI
SICI code
1035-3712(1996)23:1<119:ALMFEM>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Aluminium Elliott traps are widely used in mammal studies in Australia . They are acknowledged to be effective on many species of small mamma ls, but the lack of a locking mechanism to prevent escape is an appare nt limitation. This paper describes a modification to the trap to impr ove animal retention.