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A Modified Track Tube for Detecting Beach Mice
Author(s) -
LOGGINS RONALD E.,
GORE JEFFERY A.,
BROWN LAURINDA L.,
SLABY LAURA A.,
LEONE ERIN H.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the journal of wildlife management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1937-2817
pISSN - 0022-541X
DOI - 10.2193/2009-294
Subject(s) - track (disk drive) , tube (container) , elbow , geology , marine engineering , geodesy , engineering , biology , anatomy , mechanical engineering
Standard track tube designs are ineffective for long‐term monitoring of beach mice ( Peromyscus polionotus ) largely because of blowing sand and rain in the coastal dune habitat. We developed a novel track tube design with the tube elevated, capped on one end, and covered on the other end with a short 90° elbow tube. We tested this tube design against 2 other designs (elevated and ground). Our elevated 90° elbow track tubes detected beach mouse tracks more often and they were disturbed less frequently than elevated or ground tubes. Elevated 90° elbow track tubes are a practical means for managers to conduct long‐term monitoring of beach mouse populations.