An integrated control system for rodents in pine plantations in central Chile

Abstract:

(1) In order to find new methods for controlling vertebrate populations in pine plantations, habitat modifications and an integrated method incorporating the application of toxic substances and silvicultural practices were applied to rodent outbreaks in two plantations of Pinus radiata (Don.) in central Chile. (2) Two study sites were used. In the first, three areas were established: a control with no modifications, an area of pruned trees and an area of pruned and thinned trees. Each area had sixteen plots of 0.30 ha each, for experiments with toxic substances. In the second study site, three plots, 50 x 50 m, surrounded by barriers to avoid dispersal of rodents, were established. In two of these plots, a 4-m wide belt was cleared of vegetation, one had a perch in each corner as lodging places for raptor birds and the other had twenty snap-traps on the borders. The third plot was left as a control, the borders being marked with …

Año de publicación:

1989

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