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A citizen-trapper effort to control Common Myna: trap success, specificity and preferred bait type
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posted on 2017-09-01, 00:00 authored by G D Linley, D C Paton, Mike WestonMike WestonWe describe a community-run effort to cull Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis) in Melbourne undertaken with modest funding (overall: $30.14 per trap day, $5.17 per euthanized Common Myna). Trap success (overall, 0.04 birds per trap per day) peaked early in the effort and slowly declined. Trap specificity was high (83.8%) and similar between bait types. Dry cat food captured more Common Myna, and a similar assemblage of animals, to dry dog food. Bread baits captured a broader assemblage of animals. The community-led trapping programme reduced the mean density of Common Myna and achieved high target specificity with relatively few unintended trap deaths. While long-term impacts on the population of Common Myna or native birds are yet to be analysed, the results suggest that ongoing effort is required for population suppression.
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Ecological management and restorationVolume
18Issue
3Pagination
249 - 252Publisher
Wiley-BlackwellLocation
Chichester, Eng.Publisher DOI
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1442-7001eISSN
1442-8903Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2017, Ecological Society of Australia and John Wiley & Sons AustraliaUsage metrics
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