Sodium Fluoroacetate (compound 1080) - Lincoln University ...

Figure 2. Setting up a wire mesh cage around a puha plant.
Fine copper-constantan thermocouples covered by a radiation shield located 1.25 m above the
ground logged air temperature every 30 seconds using a data logger (21X, Campbell
Scientific, Logan, UT, USA), and averaged every 30 min. An automatic rain tipper gauge
monitored rainfall events and volume. Volumetric soil water content at a depth of 50 mm was
measured daily (ThetaProbe (Delta-T, UK)), calibrated to moisture measured manually from
soil samples.
Figure 3. Caged puha plant with toxic 1080 bait in mesh cage at base of plant. Arrow indicates the toxic
bait at the base of the plant
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