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Rattus villosissimus (Rat) release and trapping dataset

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

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This one file dataset contains the information on the Long-haired rats (Rattus villosissimus) used in this study, i.e. data that was collected between October 2011 and May 2013. It contains the exact date (Date) for when a rat was released (Trip_type Release, Trip_number 0) or trapped (Trip_type = Seasonal Trapping, Trip >/= 1) in each of the two enclosures (Enclosure = Enclosure I or Enclosure II), as well as the treatments (Treatment regarding the access of cats into the enclosure: high_fence (no access for cats) or low_fence (access for cats), including information on a rats gender (Sex = M (for male) or F (for female), a rats weight (Animal_weight measured in g), body condition (Body_condition theoretically ranging from 1 (emaciated) to 5 (obese), but only categories 2 (underconditioned), 3 (well-conditioned) and 4 (overconditioned) were scored) and individual identification (PIT.ID) as well as whether they had been recaptured (New_firsttripcap_recap indicating whether the animal was new= released/ caught the very first time, was a firsttripcap = captured before, but first captured during a trapping session, or a recap = recaptured during the same trip).

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Title Rattus villosissimus (Rat) release and trapping dataset
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/9cfd7de0-2be7-44fa-a19d-b0599251256c
Contact Point
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network�s Data Discovery
anke.frank@utas.edu.au
Reference Period 19/10/2011 - 17/06/2013
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network "Rattus villosissimus (Rat) release and trapping dataset". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/rattus-villosissimus-rat-release-and-trapping-dataset