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No.2September,1980  \nCONTROVERSIAL PROBLEMS IN ADVANCEDRESEARCH ON ESTIMATING POPULATIONDENSIIYES OF SMALL RODENTS  \nRyo TANAKA  \nHigashi-Jinzenji 17,Kochi 780,Japan  \nTHE SOCIETY OF POPULATION ECOLOGY  \n%JAPAN ACADEMIC SOCIETIES CENTER  \nYAYOI 2-4-16,BUNKYO-KU,TOKYO 113,JAPAN  \nCONTROVERSIAL PROBLEMS IN ADVANCED RESEARCH ONESTIMATING POPULATION DENSIIYES OF SMALL RODENTS  \nRyo TANAKA  \nHigashi-Jinzenji 17,Kochi 780,Japan  \nCONTENTS  \nPage  \nI.IntroductionJ(1)Interpretation of the concept andII.Edge effectour own proofs37  \n(1)Dic's extra-grid-effect area line2(2)Evidence from other investigators40  \n(2)Review of research into edge effect3(3)Concluding remarks42  \n(3)Theoretical analysis of edge effect12V.Unequal trappability of marked and  \n(4)Concluding consideration17unmarked animalsIII.Home range viewed from censusing(1)Differential response to traps42  \n(1)Concept of home range18(2)Theory of trap-response types in  \n(2)Techniques for presenting homecapture-recapture work43range data(3)Evidence for the trap-response(a)Plotting methods20types theory46(b)Statistical methods on center of(4)Duration of trap-response types48activity27(5)Summary51(c)Statistical methods on equiproba-VI.Comments on the effect of prebaiting52bility of occurrence30VII.Separation of transients from residents 56  \n(3)Time factor and reverse density-VIII.General summary and conclusions58dependence34IX.Literature cited59  \n(4)Three trends in methods ofAppendix 1.List of symbols66home range study37Appendix 2.List of abbreviations66IV.Problems of incomplete exposure  \nto traps  \nI.INTRODUCTION  \nRecent progress in the estimation of population densities of small rodents has beenremarkable as a result of much fieldwork—conducted at first through internationalcollaboration within the IBP(1965-73)and later by individual researchers continuingthe program within the member countries.During the same period,mathematicianshave made many valuable contributions to the development of census methodology.SEBER's(1973)book,among others,dealing with a wide range of census methodsapplicable to animals,has been of great help to biologists who are not mathematicallyoriented.  \nNevertheless,difficult and controversial questions of methodology remain,principallyabout the behavior of animals.First is the question of how to assess the edge effectof trapping,still much debated.This has not been solved for home range estimation,which forms a basis of density calculations.No concensus on this question can bereached without some agreement on home range estimation.Second,biologists mustgive further attention to sampling problems associated with the behavior of animals,such as incomplete exposure to traps,unequal trappability of marked and unmarkedanimals,and inclusion of transients in the samples.Adequate countermeasures areavailable today for only some of the problems inherent in sampling.  \nTANAKA and MURAKAMI(1977)have already reviewed briefly density estimationof small mammals in a synthetic report of JIBP.The present article deals with theabove questions relevant to the study of small rodents,drawing as far as possible onfield data accumulated by my colleagues and myself and as wide a range of referencesas I have been able to consult on the work of others in the past forty years.  \n# II.EDGE EFFECT\n\n## (1)DICE's extra-grid-effect area line\n\nDICE(1938)was the first to touch on the edge effect,a problem encountered withanimals that are free to move on or off open plots.He stated,in effect,“if animalshave definite home ranges,it should be possible to estimate the average (extra-grid)distance from which they come to traps.The total area trapped out by a grid oftraps is the area covered by the grid plus a half of the square root,as mean width,of a supposed square home range on each side of the plot.”He then added that thereis good evidence that many species of small mammals have more or less definitehome ranges at least during 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Introduction\n# II. Edge Effect\n## (1) DICE's extra-grid-effect area line\n## (2) Evidence from other investigators\n## (3) Concluding remarks\n# III. Home range viewed from censusing\n## (1) Concept of home range\n## (2) Techniques for presenting home capture-recapture work\n## (3) Evidence for the trap-response types theory\n# IV. Problems of incomplete exposure to traps\n## (1) Differential response to traps\n## (2) Duration of trap-response types\n# V. Unequal trappability of marked and unmarked animals\n# VI. Comments on the effect of prebaiting\n# VII. Separation of transients from residents\n# VIII. General summary and conclusions\n# IX. Literature cited\n# Appendix 1. List of symbols\n# Appendix 2. 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