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6. A live trap and trapping technique for subterranean zokors (Rodentia)

Author

Hua Limin, Ji Weihong, Zuo Songtao, and Zhou Jianwei

Subjects
Trap (computing), biology, GSM, Eospalax fontanierii, Environmental science, Animal Science and Zoology, Zokor, Trapping, biology.organism_classification, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Remote sensing
Abstract

Ecological and behavioural studies of subterranean animals are challenging because their subterranean lifestyle make direct observations difficult. Effective live trapping without causing injuries to an animal and handling of captured individuals are crucial for ecological and behavioural studies. In this paper, we report the design and structure of a live trap and trapping technique for zokors. The trap is made up of a stainless steel cage with a gate, a trigger and a GSM/GPRS module, and it is installed in the tunnel of a fossorial rodent (Eospalax fontanierii). The animal gets trapped when it comes to seal the opening through the cage. Once triggered, the GSM/GPRS wireless module will send a signal to a mobile phone so that the researcher can retrieve the trapped animal with little delay. A field trial of this trap was conducted at an alpine meadow in Tianzhu, China. The successful capture rate was 76% of all traps set with no injury recorded, and the average capture time was 31.67 min (range, 21.5–46.5 min). This live trap gave good results on zokor research, and it is also potentially effective or can be modified for trapping other burrow-excavating subterranean animals.

Published
2015
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8. Qingmo zhongyang shezhi xuewu chu shishi kao.

Author

Zuo, Songtao

Subjects
REFORMS, QING dynasty, China, 1644-1912, EDUCATIONAL change, EDUCATION, HISTORY
Abstract

Before the establishment of the Ministry of Education in 1905, the Minister of Education was responsible for the management of the modernized educational programs in Qing China. Whether there was a Department for School Affairs has been a subject of debate since the Republican era; most scholars state that there was no such department. Recently, a new theory has surfaced in academia: the Department for School Affairs did in fact exist, and it led to the eventual founding of the Ministry of Education, an important milestone in late-Qing educational reform. However, the new theory has not been widely accepted. This article argues that the Department did exist, but its functions were not effective so it was finally replaced by the Ministry of Education.

Published
2010

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