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Is night-time wind direction important to best practice wild dog trapping and baiting?

Allen, L. and Byrne, D. (2008) Is night-time wind direction important to best practice wild dog trapping and baiting? In: Proceedings of the 14th Australasian Vertebrate Pest Conference, 10-13 June 2008, Canberra, ACT.

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Abstract

We discovered a significant bias for wild dog scent station spoor (scats and scratches) to be positioned on the north-easterly side of roads and intersections. Counts of this spoor, 50 metres in each direction of north-south and east-west intersections were made in state forests near Roma in southwest Queensland, Cecil Plains on the Darling Downs and Maryborough on the coast during mating season in April/May 2007. While 51% of 190 and 83% of 120 scent station spoor were located on the north-eastern sector of the intersections at Cecil Plains and Roma respectively, spoor were more evenly distributed across all four sectors at Maryborough (n=47).

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
Corporate Creators:QPIF
Additional Information:© Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre.
Keywords:Invasive animals; wild dogs; feral animals.
Subjects:Science > Zoology > Animal behaviour
Science > Invasive Species > Animals > Animal control and ecology
Science > Zoology > Chordates. Vertebrates > Mammals > Carnivora > Canidae (Dogs)
Live Archive:12 Jun 2009 00:19
Last Modified:03 Sep 2021 16:48

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