@article{fdi:010054166,
  title = {{E}fficiency of a new reverse-bait trigger snap trap for invasive rats and a new standardised abundance index},
  author = {{T}heuerkauf, {J}. and {R}ouys, {S}. and {J}ourdan, {H}erv{\'e} and {G}ula, {R}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}e compared trapping and kill efficiency, and by-catch rate of a new reverse-bait trigger rat trap ({K}a {M}ate) with conventional snap traps ({E}zeset and {V}ictor), and assessed methods for calculating abundance indices, over 2879 trap nights on {W}allis & {F}utuna and {N}ew {C}aledonia. {K}a {M}ate traps were most effective at killing larger (> 100 g) rats whereas {E}zeset traps had the best capture rates of smaller (< 100 g) rodents. {V}ictor mouse traps caught rodents up to 50 g, but were no more efficient than rat traps. {P}roportions of live captures were similar for {K}a {M}ate and {E}zeset traps, but the mass threshold for live rats in {E}zeset traps was much lower than that of the {K}a {M}ate traps. {K}a {M}ate traps had much lower non-target by-catch rates than {E}zeset traps in habitats free of land crabs. {W}e developed a new rodent abundance index to standardise results of different trap systems.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}nnales {Z}oologici {F}ennici},
  volume = {48},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {308--318},
  ISSN = {0003-455{X}},
  year = {2011},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010054166},
}