Repellents to deter New Zealand's North Island robin Petroica australis longipes from pest control baits

@article{Day2003RepellentsTD,
  title={Repellents to deter New Zealand's North Island robin Petroica australis longipes from pest control baits},
  author={Tim D. Day and Lindsay Matthews and J. R. Waas},
  journal={Biological Conservation},
  year={2003},
  volume={114},
  pages={309-316}
}
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Efficacy of bird repellents at deterring North Island robins (Petroica australis longipes) and tomtits (P. macrocephala toitoi) from baits
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These trials have demonstrated the efficacy of repeatedly presented bird repellent formulations combining an illness- inducing agent, an unattractive colour and a distinctive flavour for protecting ground-feeding New Zealand forest birds from poisoning during mammalian pest control.
Effectiveness of the bird repellents anthraquinone and d-pulegone on an endemic New Zealand parrot, the kea (Nestor notabilis)
Effect of the addition of bird repellents to aerially applied 1080 baits on rat and possum abundance
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The results indicate that both repellent treatments could be used for possum control; however, the combined repellents did not control rats to <5% tracking index, a level considered sufficient to protect native animals from rat predation.
Repellents with potential to protect kea and other native birds from aerial poisoning for possum and rat control
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Cinnamamide, tannic acid, caffeine, garlic oil, ortho-aminoacetophenone, and thiram were evaluated in relation to their potential to repel native birds from eating cereal baits without affecting efficacy for possums and rats.
Observations of South Island Robins eating Racumin®, a toxic paste used for rodent control
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If bait sachets are unable to be secured, the use of this form of the toxin in areas where robins are present needs to be carefully considered or alternative toxins and matrices used.
Stability of bird repellents used to protect kea (Nestor notabilis) during aerial 1080 cereal operations
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The stability of d-pulegone was investigated and indications are that rat kills are adversely affected by its use in cereal baits, so future research on anthraquinone in cereal pellets should focus on possum control.
Bird-repellent effects on bait efficacy for control of invasive mammal pests.
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Bird repellent anthraquinone is not suitable for inclusion in bait for rat control at the concentrations tested, and also presents some risk to efficacy for possum control, while d-pulegone would be suitable in baitFor possums and rats, but problems related to its volatility in bait manufacture and storage would need to be overcome.
Palatability and efficacy to possums and rats of pest control baits containing bird repellents
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Two repellents combined, anthraquinone and DP as surface coatings on baits are acceptable to possums and possibly rats, at concentrations that deter some bird species.
Response of a reintroduced bird population to a rat reinvasion and eradication
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The results indicate the importance of developing permanent surveillance systems on island sanctuaries to detect and kill rats upon arrival in order to avoid the potentially high rates of non-target poisoning associated with post-invasion, large-scale eradication operations.
The palatability of undyed carrot surface-coated with repellents, or dyed blue or green to a terrestrial macroinvertebrate
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The results indicate that cinnamon oil can be used not only as a toxin mask but also as a repellent to wētā, showing the potential of surface-coating baits with anthraquinone and/or mint oil and dyeing them blue in pest control operations to reduce non-target avian by-kill, while not increasing the risk of secondary poisoning of insectivorous species.
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