Home – Home – Jornals – Contemporary Problems of Ecology 2008 number 5

We discuss the possibility of using the new modification of live-traps for express estimation of the biodiversity of small mammals. Experimental captures were conducted at the North-East Altai Mountains on the banks of the Teletskoe Lake. The proportions of insectivora and rodents among the animals captured using this method are closer to the results of estimation obtained with ditches than to the results obtained with break-back traps. The proposed method is less time-consuming than capture with ditches. We present the design of trap and recommendations for using the traps.