EFFECTS OF MONGOOSE ODORS ON RAT CAPTURE SUCCESS

Authors
TOBIN ME ENGEMAN RM SUGIHARA RT
Citation
Me. Tobin et al., EFFECTS OF MONGOOSE ODORS ON RAT CAPTURE SUCCESS, Journal of chemical ecology, 21(5), 1995, pp. 635-639
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology,Biology
Journal title
Journal of chemical ecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00980331
Volume
21
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
635 - 639
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-0331(1995)21:5<635:EOMOOR>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Wild rats, Rattus norvegicus, R. exulans, and R. rattus, avoided wire- cage live traps that had previously captured mongooses, Herpestes auro punctatus. Replacing traps soiled by mongooses with clean traps would increase rat capture success and reduce a source of experimental bias.