Long-term spatiotemporal stability and dynamic changes in the haemoparasite community of spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus) in four montane wadis in the St. Katherine Protectorate, Sinai, Egypt

Table 2 Trapping effort and relative population size of A. dimidiatus

		Trap Hours	No. of A. dimidiatus	Mice/100 th^a	Trap success (%)^b
Arbaein	2000	2723	63	2.31	32.0
	2004	3265	43	1.32	16.8
	2008	3714	69	1.86	25.3
	2012	3918	67	1.71	23.4
	Combined	13620	242	1.78	23.9
Gebel	2000	1838	32	1.74	21.3
	2004	2112	43	2.04	27.4
	2008	3831	43	1.12	16.4
	2012	3675	47	1.28	17.2
	Combined	11456	165	1.44	19.6
Gharaba	2000	2136	28	1.31	16.5
	2004	2913	61	2.09	29.2
	2008	4314	54	1.25	16.1
	2012	3989	52	1.30	17.2
	Combined	13352	195	1.46	19.2
Tlah	2000	2199	46	2.09	27.7
	2004	2117	70	3.31	45.2
	2008	5344	80	1.50	20.1
	2012	3988	59	1.48	19.9
	Combined	13648	255	1.87	25.1
Combined	2000	8896	169	1.90	24.7
	2004	10407	217	2.09	27.9
	2008	17203	246	1.43	19.3
	2012	15570	225	1.45	19.4
	Grand total/average	52076	857	1.65	22.0

^aNo of animals caught per 100 trap hours (th)
^bTrap success = percentage of traps occupied by a mouse after overnight deployment of traps in the study sites

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