Taranaki Kiwi Trust

The Mangorei trap line, Mt Taranaki

What pests were caught?

The trapline follows the Mangorei track from the road end to Pouakai, 560m to 1200m

The following slides illustrate the results from a three month period.

11 11 09 (2011, September 11th)

11 12 02 (2011, December 2nd )

11 12 20 (2011, December 20th )

Rats

Red dots indicate the

location and number of rats

in each trap over the periodRats

Weasel

Mice

Rats

Rats – 11th December 2011

Stoat

Rats – 20th December 2011

Sprung and bait gone

Stoat

Sprung

Problems with the public

Traps were obviously interfered with, and the map shows where traps were sprung

Annual data analysis

As data accumulates, so the patterns of species distribution may be seen.

The stoats and weasels seem to be quite widespread across the altitudes.

Rats are everywhere. The most rats caught in one trap (9) was at a higher altitude, near Pouakai Hut.

Graphed by species - stoats

Graphed by species - weasel

Rats

Species distribution

Rat symbol drawn to represent the scale of catch

Species distribution

An alternative way to show the same trap-catch data

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