Scale‐Dependent Attraction of Invasive Raccoons to Bait Sites: Behavioural and Proximity Responses in a Post‐Disaster Agricultural Landscape
Akira Watanabe, Daisuke Nakamura, Masataka Yoshida, Norihiro Hoshi · 2026
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Akira Watanabe and colleagues study how bait changes raccoon behaviour in Fukushima's farm landscape in a 2026 paper. Raccoons are an invasive species in Japan, and baiting helps managers trap and observe them, yet free food might also pull animals together and spread disease.
Seven collared raccoons generated nearly sixteen thousand location points around stations offering several foods at once. Dry cat food and caramel corn were the top first choices, though individuals differed. During baiting, animals lingered and searched near stations far more, and they ranged closer to trap sites on bait days. Long-term home ranges barely shifted, so the effect was local intensification rather than redistribution.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Akira Watanabe, Daisuke Nakamura, Masataka Yoshida, Norihiro Hoshi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 62 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |