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- Mitani Naho
- Japan Wildlife Research Center:(Present office)College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University
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- Morosawa Takahiro
- Japan Wildlife Research Center
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- Yamashita Ryo
- Amami Mongoose Busters
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- Kioka Masashi
- Amami Mongoose Busters
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- Goto Yoshihito
- Amami Mongoose Busters
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- Hashimoto Takuma
- Japan Wildlife Research Center
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- Kitaura Kenji
- Japan Wildlife Research Center
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- Yamada Fumio
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
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- Abe Shintaro
- Naha Nature Conservation Office, Ministry of the Environment
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- Ishikawa Takuya
- Amami Wildlife Conservation Center, Ministry of the Environment
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- Other Title
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- 奄美大島のマングース対策に導入された探索犬の評価
- アマミ オオシマ ノ マングース タイサク ニ ドウニュウ サレタ タンサクケン ノ ヒョウカ
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Abstract
The density of invasive alien mongooses on Amami-oshima Island has recently been controlled to a low level by trapping. Aiming for eradication, three dogs were specially trained to detect the location of the animals to improve the efficiency of trapping. The detection efficiency of the dogs was higher than the efficiency of sensor cameras and pipe-type kill traps in each area, which had different mongoose densities. It was also significantly higher in high density areas (p<0.05) and higher than those methods plus hair traps in lower density areas. Dogs could also contribute to capture by handlers. The capture rates of the dog handlers were lower than those of the pipe traps in higher densities areas. However, a mongoose was caught by a dog handler in an area where none had been caught in the past five years. It was revealed that detection dogs are a sensitive means that have the potential for capture by the handler. While it takes a few years to train a detection dog. The area that one pair of a detection dog and a handler could scan thoroughly in a year was estimated at 16-28 km^2. The utilization of detection dogs preferentially in extremely low density areas is considered to be efficient.
Journal
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- Wildlife and Human Society
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Wildlife and Human Society 2 (1), 11-22, 2014
Association of Wildlife and Human Society
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282680814974464
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- NII Article ID
- 110009908038
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- NII Book ID
- AA12670221
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- ISSN
- 24242365
- 24240877
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- NDL BIB ID
- 026721658
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- NDL
- CiNii Articles
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- Disallowed