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dc.contributor.authorKonradsen, Sofie Nørgaard
dc.contributor.authorHavmøller, Linnea Worsøe
dc.contributor.authorKrag, Charlotte
dc.contributor.authorMøller, Peter Daniel Rask
dc.contributor.authorHavmøller, Rasmus Worsøe
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-27T06:49:08Z
dc.date.available2024-09-27T06:49:08Z
dc.date.issued2024-05-01
dc.description.abstractStoat (Mustela erminea) and weasel (M. nivalis) are hard to monitor as they are elusive of nature and leave few identifying marks in their surroundings. Stoat and weasel are both fully protected in Denmark and are thought to be widely distributed throughout the country. Despite this stoat and weasel were listed on the Danish Red List as Near Threatened in 2019, as their densities and population trends are unknown. Using a modified novel camera trapping device, the Double-Mostela, a wooden box comprising a tracking tunnel and two camera traps, we attempted to obtain density estimates based on identification of individual stoats and weasels. We deployed camera traps both inside Double-Mostela traps and externally in three different study areas in northern Zealand, Denmark, and tested commercial, American scent-based lures to attract stoat and weasel. We obtained very low seasonal trapping rates of weasel in two study areas, but in one study area, we obtained a seasonal trapping rate of stoat larger compared to another study using the Mostela. In one study area, both species were absent. We observed no effect of scent-based lures in attracting small mustelids compared to non-bait traps. Potential reasons behind low capture rates of weasel and stoat are suboptimal habitat placement and timing of deployment of the DoubleMostelas, land-use changes over the last 200 years, predation from larger predators, as well as unintended secondary poisoning with rodenticides. Due to the scarcity of weasel and stoat captures, we were unable to make density estimates based on identification of individuals; however, we identified potential features that could be used for identification and density estimates with more captures.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKonradsen, Havmøller, Krag, Møller, Havmøller. Elusive mustelids—18 months in the search of near-threatened stoat (Mustela erminea) and weasel (M. nivalis) reveals low captures. Ecology and Evolution. 2024;14(5)en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2268806
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ece3.11374
dc.identifier.issn2045-7758
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/34902
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.journalEcology and Evolution
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/801199/EU/TALENT Doctoral Fellowship Programme/TALENT/en_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2024 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleElusive mustelids—18 months in the search of near-threatened stoat (Mustela erminea) and weasel (M. nivalis) reveals low capturesen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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