Wax tags are a useful monitoring tool to detect and monitor possums (and sometimes rats) over medium-to-large areas. It is a plastic tag with a flavoured wax knob attached to it. As with …

Choose between wax tags and chew cards. Both rely on bite mark identification for successful monitoring of animals. Wax tags: are triangular and have a small ball of non-toxic wax. Chew …

OSPRI staf and contractors use two devices (waxtags and chewcards) that are standard protocols used to detect and research possum populations. Waxtags (PCR WaxTags®) have a 2-cm3 …

Waxtag possum bite mark indices for the two study blocks between 2012 and 2018 and the timing of 1080 operations and beech seedfall. Blue and red points are actual wax-tag rates, while...

It is based on sampling populations using various detection devices (traps, Waxtags or Chewcards). The indices derived depend for their statistical robustness on meticulous …

Since this early research, the wax block has been refined, with the wax now placed on a plastic tag to enhance visibility (McGlinchy & Warburton 2000). This new device is sold specifically for …

2016年6月23日 · Chew-track-cards (CTCs) were developed by Connovation (Auckland) and WaxTags (WTs) were developed by Pest Control Research Limited (Christchurch). Initial …

Artificial bait used for estimating possum abundance. Each Wax Tag consists of a piece of triangular-shaped sheet of plastic, with a 12cm block of wax molded to the sharpest point of …

2022年3月2日 · Possums are monitored using wax-tags – plastic tags holding a hunk of wax. The tags are spaced at intervals along “lines ” in the bush to give us good coverage of where …

Tracking cards and tunnels are specifically designed for tracking small mammals such as mice, rats and stoats. They can be used before and after predator control to measure its …