Rate, S.R. (2009). Does rat control benefit forest invertebrates at Moehau, Coromandel Peninsula? DOC Research & Development Series 316. Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand.
· This is a scientific research paper put out by DOC: it looks to monitor if invertebrate populations would react positively to rat eradication on Moehau in the corremandel.
· The conclusions of this study were that rat control had no effect on the relative abundance, diversity andbody length of pitfall-trapped invertebrates, except for a significant reduction in the numbers of ants (Formicidae).
· They hypothesize that invertebrates that are susceptible to predation by rats were not adequately sampled, the predatory pest mammals were not reduced to low enough levels to elict a measurable invertebrate response.
· This goes over several recommendation for the improvement of further studies
Tags: Tree weta, mainland restoration, monitoring method
No comments:
Post a Comment