Trapping of Small Organisms Moving Randomly Principles and Applications to Pest Monitoring and Management /

• Main Authors: Miller, James R. (Author), Adams, Christopher G. (Author), Weston, Paul A. (Author), Schenker, Jeffrey H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Ecology,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Animal ecology.; Applied ecology.; Entomology.; Biology > Technique.; Environmental management.; Life Sciences.; Animal Ecology.; Applied Ecology.; Environmental Management.; Biological Techniques.

Monitoring traps baited with potent attractants of animals like insects have long played a critical role in revealing what pests are present and when they are active. However, pest managers have been laboring without the tools necessary for quick and inexpensive determination of absolute pest densit...

Table of Contents:

• Why Care about Small Animals Moving Randomly
• Trap Function and Overview of the Trapping Process
• Random Displacement in the Absence of Cues
• The Geometry of Trap Interceptions
• Interpreting Catch in the Single Trap
• Competing Traps
• Proposed Experimental Method for Measuring C.S.D. of Random Walkers Via a Trapping-Grid
• Trapping to Achieve Pest Control Directly
• Automated Systems for Recording, Reporting, and Analyzing Trapping Data.