Economic effectiveness, efficiency, and selectivity of fox squirrel trapping in pecan groves

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" Economic effectiveness, efficiency, and selectivity of fox squirrel trapping in pecan groves "
Huggins, J. Grant

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	943131
Doc. No	:	LA9wd6r54h
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Huggins, J. Grant
Title & Author	:	Economic effectiveness, efficiency, and selectivity of fox squirrel trapping in pecan groves [Article]\ Huggins, J. Grant
Title of Periodical	:	Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference
Volume/ Issue Number	:	17
Date	:	1996
Abstract	:	Trapping is the most common damage management practice employed by pecan growers suffering fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) depredation. The author evaluated the economic effectiveness of foot-hold trapping fox squirrels in native pecan groves from 1988 to 1991. Trapping significantly reduced squirrel damage the first and second year of treatment in all three study areas relative to the initial untreated year. This reduction was valued at