Video Surveillance of Rat (Rattus norvegicus) Movement and Activity in Agricultural Landscape in United Kingdom

Authors

  • Husni Ibrahim
  • Haniza Hanim Mohd Zain

Keywords:

Rat’s activity, video surveillance, movement direction, trap

Abstract

Rats’ activity level was monitored for 57 days continuously using a monochrome video camera with wide angle lens sensitive to infra red light. A time-lapse video cassette recorder was connected to the video camera and set at a recording resolution of 2 frames per second. Video monitoring of a single trap system provided evidence that rats are active during both day and night. Early dusk and midnight was the peak of diel activity. A comparison of the rate activity based on number of rat sightings per hour, showed there was no significant difference among time periods (ANOVA, F3,164 = 2.20, p = 0.09). The level of activity was relatively low in this study with an average of 5 sightings per day. Their direction of movement was not consistent and trapping appeared not to change rat behaviour.

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Author Biographies

Husni Ibrahim

Department of Biology Faculty of Science and Technology Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

Haniza Hanim Mohd Zain

Department of Biology Faculty of Science and Technology Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

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Published

2011-06-01

How to Cite

Ibrahim, H., & Mohd Zain, H. H. (2011). Video Surveillance of Rat (Rattus norvegicus) Movement and Activity in Agricultural Landscape in United Kingdom. Journal of Science and Mathematics Letters, 3(1), 16–23. Retrieved from https://ejournal.upsi.edu.my/index.php/JSML/article/view/347