2.6. Cage design
All cages consisted of 1 m
3
PVC frames with mesh
enclosures that varied in the size of the mesh on the sides
of the cage. The predator exclusion cage was made
entirely of no-see-um netting (Venture Textiles, Braintree,
MA). The medium- and large-mesh cages had no-see-um
netting roofs and cage sides made from either 2 mm mesh