An indirect method for assessing the abundance of introduced pest Myocastor c…

Pest management requires the development of robust monitoring tools. In Italy,coypu Myocastor coypus (nutria) have been controlled since the early 1990s,but the effectiveness of these measures has never been tested. With the aim of developing a reliable and volunteer-based method for the long-term monitoring of coypu abundance in agricultural landscapes, we calibrated an index based on surveys…