Aplicación de un factor de corrección en la estimación del éxito de captura de roedores plaga
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2015
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Monge Meza, Javier
Sánchez Nuñez, Carol Marcela
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Se analizó el efecto de un factor de corrección en la fórmula utilizada para estimar el éxito de captura de roedores, así como la duración del período de muestreo (1, 2 o 3 días) y el efecto de captura de roedores (como una sola especie o diferenciarlas). El factor de corrección consistió en considerar como media trampa a aquellas con un funcionamiento deficiente (trampas activadas sin cebo, desactivadas con o sin cebo, captura de una especie diferente a la de interés y trampas perdidas o removidas). El éxito de captura estimado fue de 3,67% y 3,85%, según la fórmula tradicional y la corregida, respectivamente, en uno de los sitios de estudio, con predominio de la especie Sigmodon hirsutus; y de 3,20 y 3,89% en el otro sitio, con predominio de Mus musculus. No se encontró diferencias significativas en la estimación del éxito de captura con el uso de una u otra fórmula, en ambos sitios de estudio. El muestreo de un día fue suficiente para estimar el éxito de captura (4,14%) ya que no hubo diferencias significativas con respecto al estimado con 2 días de muestreo (4,04%), o con 3 días (3,67%). En este caso, tampoco hubo diferencias significativas al identificar cada una de las especies de roedores (3,67%), con respecto a si se considera todos los individuos capturados como una sola especie (3,88%). Los resultados obtenidos corresponden a una situación con relativa baja captura de roedores, así como al predominio de una especie de roedor con respecto a otras capturadas, por lo que conviene corroborarlos en una situación de mayor abundancia de roedores, como sería el caso cuando alcanzan la condición de plaga.
The effect of adding a correction factor in the formula used to estimate the trapping success of rodents, as well as the duration of the period of sampling (1, 2 or 3 days) and the effect of considering rodents captured as a single species or by differentiating them, were examined. The correction factor involved considering those traps with poor performance as the average value (traps activated without bait, disabled with or without bait, catch of a species different from that of interest and traps lost or removed). Estimated trapping success was 3.67% and 3.85%, according to the traditional formula and the corrected version, respectively, in one of the study sites where the predominant species was Sigmodon hirsutus, and 3.20 and 3.89% in another site, with Mus musculus as the predominant species. No significant differences were found in the estimate of trapping success with the use of one or the other formula, in both study sites. Sampling for just one day was enough to estimate the trapping success (4.14%), since there were no significant differences compared to 2 days of sampling (4.04%) or 3 days (3.67%). Also, there were no significant differences when comparing the method to identify each species of rodents (3.67%) with the method to consider all individuals captured as a single species (3.88%). Our results correspond to a situation with a relatively low capture of rodents, as well as when there is a predominant species present, thus it would be convenient to corroborate these results in a situation of greater abundance of rodents, as would be the case when they reach the condition of plague.
The effect of adding a correction factor in the formula used to estimate the trapping success of rodents, as well as the duration of the period of sampling (1, 2 or 3 days) and the effect of considering rodents captured as a single species or by differentiating them, were examined. The correction factor involved considering those traps with poor performance as the average value (traps activated without bait, disabled with or without bait, catch of a species different from that of interest and traps lost or removed). Estimated trapping success was 3.67% and 3.85%, according to the traditional formula and the corrected version, respectively, in one of the study sites where the predominant species was Sigmodon hirsutus, and 3.20 and 3.89% in another site, with Mus musculus as the predominant species. No significant differences were found in the estimate of trapping success with the use of one or the other formula, in both study sites. Sampling for just one day was enough to estimate the trapping success (4.14%), since there were no significant differences compared to 2 days of sampling (4.04%) or 3 days (3.67%). Also, there were no significant differences when comparing the method to identify each species of rodents (3.67%) with the method to consider all individuals captured as a single species (3.88%). Our results correspond to a situation with a relatively low capture of rodents, as well as when there is a predominant species present, thus it would be convenient to corroborate these results in a situation of greater abundance of rodents, as would be the case when they reach the condition of plague.
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Roedores, Trampeo, Sigmodon hirsutus, Mus musculus, Roedores plaga, Vertebrados plaga, Rodents, Trapping, Pest rodent, Pest vertebrate