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1 April 2011 Efficiency of Time-Lapse Intervals and Simple Baits for Camera Surveys of Wild Pigs
Brian L. Williams, Robert W. Holtfreter, Stephen S. Ditchkoff, James B. Grand
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Abstract

Growing concerns surrounding established and expanding populations of wild pigs (Sus scrofa) have created the need for rapid and accurate surveys of these populations. We conducted surveys of a portion of the wild pig population on Fort Benning, Georgia, to determine if a longer time-lapse interval than had been previously used in surveys of wild pigs would generate similar detection results. We concurrently examined whether use of soured corn at camera sites affected the time necessary for pigs to locate a new camera site or the time pigs remained at a site. Our results suggest that a 9-min time-lapse interval generated dependable detection results for pigs and that soured corn neither attracted pigs to a site any quicker than plain, dry, whole-kernel corn, nor held them at a site longer. Maximization of time-lapse interval should decrease data and processing loads, and use of a simple, available bait should decrease cost and effort associated with more complicated baits; combination of these concepts should increase efficiency of wild pig surveys.

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Brian L. Williams, Robert W. Holtfreter, Stephen S. Ditchkoff, and James B. Grand "Efficiency of Time-Lapse Intervals and Simple Baits for Camera Surveys of Wild Pigs," Journal of Wildlife Management 75(3), 655-659, (1 April 2011). https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.75
Received: 28 December 2009; Accepted: 1 August 2010; Published: 1 April 2011
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KEYWORDS
bait
camera surveys
Fort Benning
Georgia
Sus scrofa
wild pigs
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