Testing the potential of 50 kHz rat calls as a species-specific rat attractant

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 14; no. 4; p. e0211601
• Main Authors: Davidson, Nicola B., Hurst, Jane L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 08.04.2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acoustics; Analysis; Animal behavior; Animals; Arvicolinae; Baits; Banks (Finance); Behavior, Animal; Biology; Biology and Life Sciences; Boxes; Engineering and Technology; Factorial experiments; Female; Females; Food supply; Laboratories; Laboratory rats; Memory; Movement; Neurosciences; Noise control; Oscillating frequencies; Pest Control; Pesticides; Pests; Physiological psychology; Rats; Rats, Wistar - physiology; Research and Analysis Methods; Rodents; Sex; Social Sciences; Sound; Species; Species Specificity; Vocalization, Animal; White noise; United Kingdom > UK

The control of mammalian pests relies heavily on the use of pesticides that are often avoided and are not species-specific. These problems are particularly acute for pesticides used to control rats (Rattus spp.). The efficacy and targeting of control could be improved by attracting animals to contro...