Are Canned Sardines or Dry Cat Food More Effective as Bait for Capturing Northwestern Pond Turtles (Actinemys marmorata) and Red-Eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans)?

IF 0.5 4区环境科学与生态学 Q4 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

Western North American Naturalist Pub Date : 2022-08-11 DOI:10.3398/064.082.0314

Alexandria M. Fulton, Jonathan P. Rose, B. Halstead

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Abstract. During an occupancy study of Northwestern Pond Turtles (Actinemys marmorata) and Red-eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) in California's Sacramento Valley in 2018, we tested the relative effectiveness of 2 bait types: sardines packed in soybean oil and Meow Mix® Original Choice dry cat food. We sampled 116 sites with 2 traps each: one baited with sardines and one baited with dry cat food. Sardines were 1.7 (95% confidence interval, 1.2–2.6) times more effective than dry cat food at capturing turtles in our study, and 63% of all captured turtles were caught in traps baited with sardines. Despite the slightly lower capture rate in traps baited with dry cat food, the significantly lower cost of cat food (about one-tenth the cost of sardines) makes it an appealing alternative bait if cost-effectiveness is a primary concern. Resumen. Durante un estudio de ocupación de las tortugas de poza occidental (Actinemys marmorata) y tortugas de orejas rojas (Trachemys scripta elegans) en el valle de Sacramento, California, en 2018, probamos la eficacia relativa de dos tipos de cebo: sardinas envasadas en aceite de soja y comida seca para gatos Meow Mix® Original Choice. Muestreamos 116 sitios con 2 trampas cada uno: uno cebado con sardinas y otro cebado con comida seca para gatos. Las sardinas fueron 1.7 (intervalo de confianza del 95%, 1.2–2.6) veces más efectivas para capturar tortugas en nuestro estudio que la comida seca para gatos, y el 63% de todas las tortugas capturadas fueron capturadas en trampas cebadas con sardinas. A pesar de la tasa de captura ligeramente inferior en las trampas cebadas con comida seca para gatos, el coste significativamente menor de la comida para gatos (aproximadamente una décima parte del coste de las sardinas) la convierte en un cebo alternativo atractivo si la rentabilidad es una preocupación primordial.

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沙丁鱼罐头和干猫食是捕西北塘龟和红耳龟更有效的诱饵吗?

摘要2018年，我们在加州萨克拉门托山谷对西北塘龟(actiemys marmorata)和红耳滑鼠(Trachemys scripta elegans)进行了一项研究，测试了两种饵料的相对有效性:豆油包装的沙丁鱼和Meow Mix®Original Choice干猫粮。我们在116个地点取样，每个地点设2个陷阱:一个以沙丁鱼为诱饵，另一个以干猫粮为诱饵。在我们的研究中，沙丁鱼捕获海龟的效率是干猫粮的1.7倍(95%置信区间，1.2-2.6)，63%的捕获海龟是在沙丁鱼诱饵的陷阱中捕获的。尽管用干猫粮作诱饵的陷阱捕获率略低，但如果主要考虑成本效益，猫粮的成本明显较低(约为沙丁鱼成本的十分之一)，使其成为一种有吸引力的替代诱饵。Resumen。2018年，加利福尼亚萨克拉门托山谷的Durante unestudio de ocupación de las tortugas de pocidental (actuemys marmorata)和tortugas de orejas rojas (Trachemys scripta elegans)，加利福尼亚州萨克拉门托山谷，probamos la eficacia relativa de tipos de cebo: sardinas envasadas和aceite de soja, comida seca para gatos喵喵混合®原始选择。我们有116种情况，其中包括2种情况:1 .我们有1种情况，即我们有1种情况，即我们有1种情况，即我们有1种情况，即我们有1种情况。Las sardinas fueron 1.7 (intervalo de confianza del 95%， 1.2-2.6)表示más有效捕获的捕获者，即新捕获的捕获者，即新捕获的捕获者，即被捕获者，即被捕获者，即被捕获者，即被捕获者，即被捕获者，即被捕获者，即被捕获者，即被捕获者。一项关于获取信息的报告，即获取信息的报告，关于获取信息的报告，关于获取信息的报告，关于获取信息的报告，关于获取信息的报告(关于获取信息的报告，关于获取信息的报告)关于获取信息的报告，关于获取信息的报告，关于获取信息的报告，关于获取信息的报告，关于获取信息的报告，关于获取信息的报告，关于获取信息的报告，关于获取信息的报告。

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Western North American Naturalist 环境科学-生态学

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