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2012

The Role of the National Wildlife Disease Program in Wildlife Disease Surveillance and Emergency Response, Kerri Pedersen, John A. Baroch, Dale L. Nolte, Tom Gidlewski, and Thomas J. Deliberto

Apparent prevalence of swine brucellosis in feral swine in the United States, Kerri Pedersen, Sarah N. Bevins, Brandon S. Schmit, Mark W. Lutman, Michael P. Milleson, Clint T. Turnage, Troy T. Bigelow, and Thomas J. Deliberto

Detection of volatile organic compounds in cattle naturally infected with Mycobacterium bovis, Nir Peled, Radu Ionescu, Pauline Nol, Orna Barash, Matt McCollum, Kurt VerCauteren, Matthew Koslow, Randal Stahl, Jack Rhyan, and Hossam Haick

Quantification of heterosubtypic immunity between avian influenza subtypes H3N8 and H4N6 in multiple avian host species, Kim M. Pepin, Kaci Van Dalen, N. L. Mooers, J. W. Ellis, H. J. Sullivan, Jeff J. Root, Colleen T. Webb, A. B. Franklin, and Susan A. Shriner

A novel bipolar electric fence for excluding white-tailed deer from stored livestock feed, G. E. Phillips, M. J. Lavelle, J. W. Fischer, Joshua J. White, Scott J. Wells, and K. C. VerCauteren

Molecular Surveillance of Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses in Wild Birds across the United States: Inferences from the Hemagglutinin Gene, Antoinette J. Piaggio, Susan A. Shriner, Kaci Van Dalen, Alan B. Franklin, Theodore D. Anderson, and Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis

Management of Invasive Coqui Frog Populations in Hawaii, William C. Pitt, Karen H. Beard, and Rogelio E. Doratt

Freeing Islands from Rodents, William C. Pitt, Daniel Vice, Dana Lujen, Diane Vice, and Gary Witmer

Modification of net configurations of the Coda Netlauncher® to enhance bird capture, Amanda M. Prisock, Brian S. Dorr, and James C. Cumbee

Didactic Lessons Derived from the Shoshone River Skunk Rabies Epizootic, Craig A. Ramey, Kenneth H. Mills, Justin W. Fischer, and Robert G. Mclean

Assessment of toxicity and potential risk of the anticoagulant rodenticide diphacinone using Eastern screech-owls (Megascops asio), Barnett A. Rattner, Katherine E. Horak, Rebecca S. Lazarus, Karen M. Eisenreich, Carol U. Meteyer, Steven F. Volker, Christopher M. Campton, John D. Eisemann, and John J. Johnston

Home Ranges Of Female Rio Grande Turkeys (Meleagris Gallopavo Intermedia) In Southern Texas, Eric Reyes Ramirez, Megan C. Clayton, Cody W. Lawson, Stephen M. Burns, Rafael Guarneros-Altimirano, Stephen J. Demaso, William P. Kuvlesky Jr., David G. Hewitt, J. Alfonso Ortega-Santos, and Tyler A. Campbell

Potential Influences of Climate and Nest Structure on Spotted Owl Reproductive Success: A Biophysical Approach, Jeremy T. Rockweit, Alan B. Franklin, George S. Bakken, and R. J. Gutierrez

West Nile virus associations in wild mammals: a synthesis, J. Jeffrey Root

Genetic evaluation of an attempted Rattus rattus eradication on Congo Cay, U.S. Virgin Islands, identifies importance of eradication units, Julie A. Savidge, Matthew W. Hopken, Gary W. Witmer, Susan M. Jojola, Judy J. Pierce, Patrick W. Burke, and Antoinette J. Piaggio

Territory fidelity, space use, and survival rates of wild coyotes following surgical sterilization, Renee G. Seidler and Eric M. Gese

Low-Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses in Wild House Mice, Susan A. Shriner, Kaci Van Dalen, Nicole L. Mooers, Jeremy W. Ellis, Heather J. Sullivan, J. Jeffrey Root, Angela M. Pelzel, and Alan B. Franklin

Bioeconomic Modelling of Raccoon Rabies Spread Management Impacts in Quebec, Canada, S. Shwiff, C. Aenishaenslin, A. Ludwig, P. Berthiaume, M. Bigras-Poulin, K. Kirkpatrick, L. Lambert, and D. Bélanger

Producer survey of bird-livestock interactions in commercial dairies, Stephanie A. Shwiff, James C. Carlson, J. H. Glass, J. Suckow, Martin S. Lowney, K. M. Moxcey, Bruce Larson, and George M. Linz

Synergistic stressors and the dilemma of conservation in a multivariate world: a case study in Allegheny woodrats, T. J. Smyser, S. A. Johnson, L. Kristen Page, and Olin Eugene Rhodes Jr.

Developing an Effective Management Plan for Starlings Roosting in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska, James R. Thiele, George M. Linz, H. Jeffrey Homan, and Garrett W. Unrein

Swift Foxes and Ideal Free Distribution: Relative Influence of Vegetation and Rodent Prey Base on Swift Fox Survival, Density, and Home Range Size, Craig M. Thompson and Eric M. Gese

Diagnostic accuracy of rectal mucosa biopsy testing for chronic wasting disease within white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) herds in North America: Effects of age, sex, polymorphism at PRNP codon 96, and disease progression, Bruce V. Thomsen, David A. Schneider, Katherine I. O’Rourke, Thomas Gidlewski, James McLane, Robert W. Allen, Alex A. McIsaac, Gordon B. Mitchell, Delwyn P. Keane, Terry R. Spraker, and Aru Balachandran

U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Providing Federal Leadership in Managing Conflicts with Wildlife, Mark E. Tobin

Prion Remains Infectious after Passage through Digestive System of American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos), Kurt C. Vercauteren, John L. Pilon, Paul B. Nash, Gregory E. Phillips, and Justin W. Fischer

Rabies in North America: A Model of the One Health Approach, Kurt Vercauteren, Christine Ellis, Richard Chipman, Thomas Deliberto, Stephanie Shwiff, and Dennis Slate

On-FarmMitigation of Transmission of Tuberculosis fromWhite-Tailed Deer to Cattle: Literature Review and Recommendations, W. David Walter, Charles W. Anderson, Rick Smith, Mike Vanderklok, James J. Averill, and Kurt C. Vercauteren

Evaluation of Remote Delivery of Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) Technology to Mark Large Mammals, W. David Walter, Charles W. Anderson, and Kurt C. Vercauteren

Using three-dimensional flight patterns at airfields to identify hotspots for avianeaircraft collisions, W. David Walter, Justin W. Fischer, John S. Humphrey, Trey S. Daughtery, Michael P. Milleson, Eric A. Tillman, and Michael L. Avery

Avian use of solid waste transfer stations, Brian E. Washburn

Historical And Current Status Of Laughing Gulls Breeding In New York State, Brian E. Washburn, Martin S. Lowney, and Allen L. Gosser

Foraging Preferences of Canada Geese Among Turfgrasses: Implications for Reducing Human–Goose Conflicts, Brian E. Washburn and Thomas W. Seamans

The role of a generalized ultraviolet cue for blackbird food selection, Scott J. Werner, Shelagh K. Tupper, James C. Carlson, Susan E. Pettit, Jeremy W. Ellis, and George M. Linz

Beyond use versus availability: behaviour-explicit resource selection, Ryan R. Wilson, Lynne Gilbert-Norton, and Eric M. Gese

Eradication of Invasive Rodents on Islands of the United States, Gary Witmer

Vertebrate Species Introductions in the United States and its Territories, Gary Witmer and Pam Fuller

Invasive Rodents In The United States: Ecology, Impacts, And Management, Gary Witmer and William C. Pitt

The Introduction, Impacts, And Management of a Large, Invasive, Aquatic Rodent In The United States, Gary Witmer, Trevor R. Sheffels, and Stephen R. Kendrot

An assessment of seedling damage by wild house mice (Mus musculus) and wild deer mice (Peromyscus spp.), Gary W. Witmer, Nathan P. Snow, Rachael S. Moulton, and Jenna L. Swartz

Movement and Habitat Use of Feral Swine Near Domestic Swine Facilities, A. Christy Wyckoff, Scott E. Henke, Tyler A. Campbell, David G. Hewitt, and Kurt C. VerCauteren

Estimates of Energy and Prey Requirements of Wolverines, Julie K. Young, Brian Hudgens, and David K. Garcelon

2011

Wild Dogma II: The Role And Implications Of Wild Dogma For Wild Dog Management In Australia., Benjamin L. Allen, Richard M. Engeman, and Lee R. Allen

Wild Dogma: An Examination Of Recent "Evidence" For Dingo Regulation Of Invasive Mesopredator Release In Australia., Benjamin L. Allen, Richard M. Engeman, and L. R. Allen

Partitioning Of Anthropogenic Watering Sites By Desert Carnivores., Todd C. Atwood, Tricia L. Fry, and Bruce Leland

Modeling Connectivity of Black Bears in a Desert Sky Island Archipelago, Todd C. Atwood; Julie K. Young; Jon P. Beckmann; Stewart W. Breck; Jennifer A. Fike; Olin Rhodes, Jr.; and Kirby D. Bristow

Hair of the Dog: Obtaining Samples From Coyotes and Wolves Noninvasively, David E. Ausband, Julie Young, Barbara Fannin, Michael S. Mitchell, Jennifer L. Stenglen, Lizette P. Waits, and John A. Shivik

Acetaminophen and Zinc Phosphide For Lethal Management of Invasive Lizards Ctenosaura similis , Michael L. Avery, John Eisemann, Kandy L. Keacher, and Peter J. Savarie

Vulture Flight Behavior and Implications for Aircraft Safety, Michael L. Avery, John S. Humphrey, Trey S. Daughtery, Justin W. Fischer, Michael P. Milleson, Eric A. Tillman, William E. Bruce, and W. David Walter

The Carrot Or The Stick? Evaluation Of Education And Enforcement As Management Tools For Human-Wildlife Conflicts., Sharon Baruch-Mordo, Stewart W. Breck, Kenneth R. Wilson, and John Broderick

Active Use of Coyotes (Canis latrans) To Detect Bovine Tuberculosis In Northeastern Michigan, USA, Are R. Berentsen, Michael R. Dunbar, Shylo R. Johnson, S. Robbe-Austerman, L. Martinez, and R. L. Jones

Interface Between Black-footed Ferret Research And Operational Conservation., Dean E. Biggins, Travis M. Livieri, and Stewart W. Breck

White-Tailed Deer Incidents With U.S. Civil Aircraft, Kirsten M. Biondi, Jerrold L. Belant, James A. Martin, Travis L. Devault, and Guiming Wang

Domestic Calf Mortality And Producer Detection Rates In The Mexican Wolf Recovery Area: Implications For Livestock Management And Carnivore Compensation Schemes., Stewart W. Breck, Bryan M. Kluever, Michael Panasci, John Oakleaf, Terry Johnson, Warren B. Ballard, Larry Howery, and David L. Bergman

Natal Colony Site Fidelity Of Herring Gulls At Sandusky Bay, Ohio., Bruce N. Buckingham and Benjamin Bacak

Absence Of Mycobacterium Bovis In Feral Swine (Sus Scrofa) From The Southern Texas Border Region., Tyler A. Campbell, David B. Long, Luiz R. Bazan, Bruce V. Thomsen, SueLee Robbe-Austerman, Ronald B. Davey, Liza A. Soliz, Seth Swafford, and Kurt C. Vercauteren

Efficacy Of The Boar-Operated-System To Deliver Baits To Feral Swine., Tyler A. Campbell, David B. Long, and Giovanna Massei

Nilgai Antelope In Northern Mexico As A Possible Carrier For Cattle Fever Ticks And Babesia Bovis And Babesia Bigemina., E M. Cardenas-Canales, J. Alfonso Ortega-Santos, Tyler A. Campbell, Zeferino Garcia-Vaquez, Antonio Cantu-Covarrubias, Julio V. Figueroa-Millian, Randy W. Deyoung, David G. Hewitt, and Fred C. Bryant

Rock Pigeon Use Of Livestock Facilities In Northern Colorado: Implications For Improving Farm Bio-Security., James C. Carlson, Larry Clark, Michael F. Antolin, and M. D. Salman

Efficacy Of European Starling Control To Reduce Salmonella Enterica Contamination In A Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation In The Texas Panhandle, James C. Carlson, Richard M. Engeman, Doreene R. Hyatt, Rickey L. Gilliland, Thomas J. DeLiberto, Larry Clark, Michael J. Bodenchuck, and George M. Linz

Integrative approaches to disease control: the value of international collaborations, Thomas J. Deliberto, Dale L. Nolte, and William (Bill) H. Clay

Interspecific Variation in Wildlife Hazards to Aircraft: Implications for Airport Wildlife Management, Travis L. DeVault, Jerrold L. Belant, Bradley F. Blackwell, and Thomas W. Seamans

An ideal combination for marine turtle conservation: exceptional nesting season, with low nest predation resulting from effective low-cost predator management, Richard Engeman, R. Erik Martin, John Woolard, Margo Stahl, Charles Pelizza, Anthony Duffiney, and Bernice Constantin

A review and synthesis of bird and rodent damage estimates to select California crops, Karen Gebhardt, Aaron M. Anderson, Katy N. Kirkpatrick, and Stephanie A. Shwiff

Assessment of Human-Coyote Conflicts: City and County of Broomfield, Colorado, Stan Grant, Julie Young, and Seth Riley

Determinants of local and migratory movements of Great Lakes double-crested cormorants, Alban Guillaumet, Brian Dorr, Guiming Wang, Jimmy D. Taylor, Richard B. Chipman, Heidi Scherr, Jeff Bowman, Kenneth F. Abraham, Terry J. Doyle, and Elizabeth Cranker

Ontogeny of feeding performance and biomechanics in coyotes, S. La Croix, M. L. Zelditch, J. A. Shivik, B. L. Lundrigan, and K. E. Holekamp

Clinical and Pathologic Responses of American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) and Fish Crows (C ossifragus) to Experimental West Nile Virus Infection, N. M. Nemeth, B. V. Thomsen, T. R. Spraker, J. M. Benson, A. M. Bosco-Lauth, P. T. Oesterle, J. M. Bright, J. P. Muth, T. W. Campbell, T. L. Gidlewski, and R. A. Bowen

The effect of cooking on diphacinone residues related to human consumption of feral pig tissues, William C. Pitt, Michelle Higashi, and Thomas M. Primus

Diseases and Parasites, Kurt C. Vercauteren and Tyler A. Campbell

Reconciling sensory cues and varied consequences of avian repellents, Scott J. Werner and Frederick D. Provenza

2010

Importance of resource selection and social behavior to partitioning of hostile space by sympatric canids, Todd Atwood and Eric Gese

Cold weather and the potential range of invasive Burmese pythons, Michael Avery, Richard M. Engeman, Kandy L. Keacher, John S. Humphrey, William E. Bruce, Tom C. Mathies, and Richard E. Mauldin

An evaluation of three statistical methods used to model resource selection, David M. Baasch, Andrew J. Tyre, Joshua J. Millspaugh, Scott E. Hygnstrom, and Kurt C. Vercauteren

Synchronous monitoring of vulture movements with satellite telemetry and avian radar, Robert C. Beason, J. S. Humphrey, N. E. Myers, and Michael L. Avery

Capture of ungulates in Central Asia using drive nets: advantages and pitfalls illustrated by the Endangered Mongolian saiga Saiga tatarica mongolica, Joel Berger, Kim M. Murray, Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar, Mike R. Dunbar, and Badamjav Lkhagvasuren

Temporal Variation in Terrestrial Invertebrate Consumption by Laughing Gulls in New York, Glen E. Bernhardt, Lisa Kutschbach-Brohl, Brian E. Washburn, Richard Chipman, and Laura Francoeur

Seroprevalence of equine influenza virus in northeast and southern Mexico, B. J. Blitvich, L. A. Ibarra-Juarez, A. J. Cortes-Guzman, J. J. Root, A. B. Franklin, H. J. Sullivan, and I. Fernandez-Salas

Seroprevalence of equine influenza virus in northeast and southern Mexico, B. J. Blitvitch, L. A. Ibarra-Juarez, A. J. Cortes-Guzman, J. J. Root, A. B. Franklin, H. J. Sullivan, and I. Fernandez-Salas

The effect of enclosure type on the behavior and heart rate of captive coyotes, Stacey P. Brummer, Eric M. Gese, and John A. Shivik

Reducing the Risk of Human Exposure to Wildlife Diseases, Tyler A. Campbell

Visitation to Cottonseed Storage Sites by Feral Swine and Evidence of Gossypol Exposure, Tyler A. Campbell, Sarah Bullock, David B. Long, David G. Hewitt, and Michael Dowd

Immunocontraception in male feral swine treated with a recombinant gonadotropin-releasing hormone vaccine, Tyler A. Campbell, Michelle R. Garcia, Lowell A. Miller, Martha A. Ramirez, David B. Long, Jean-Baptiste Marchand, and Fergal Hill

Feral Swine Behavior Relative to Aerial Gunning in Southern Texas, Tyler Campbell, David Long, and Bruce Leland

Integrity of mating behaviors and seasonal reproduction in coyotes (Canis latrans) following treatment with estradiol benzoate, Debra A. Carlson and Eric M. Gese

Using a Cost-Effectiveness Model to Determine the Applicability of OvoControl G to Manage Nuisance Canada Geese, Joe Caudell, Stephanie Shwiff, and Michael Slater

Kill rates and predation patterns of jaguars (Panthera onca) in the southern Pantanal, Brazil, Sandra M. C. Cavalcanti and Eric M. Gese

Jaguars, Livestock, and People in Brazil: Realities and Perceptions Behind The Conflict, Sandra M. C. Cavalcanti, Silvio Marchini, Alexandra Zimmermann, Eric M. Gese, and David W. Macdonald

Comparison of Endocrine Response to Stress Between Captive-Raised and Wild-Caught Bighorn Sheep, Sarah Coburn, Mo Salman, Jack Rhyan, Thomas Keefe, Matthew McCollum, Keith Aune, Terry Spraker, and Lowell Miller

Refinement of biomarker pentosidine methodology for use on aging birds, Crissa K. Cooey, Jesse A. Fallon, Michael L. Avery, James T. Anderson, Elizabeth A. Falkenstein, and Hillar Klandorf

Management effects on breeding and foraging numbers and movements of double-crested cormorants in the Les Cheneaux Islands, Lake Huron, Michigan, Brian S. Dorr, Tony Aderrnan, Peter H. Butchko, and Scott C. Barras

Evaluation of harassment of migrating double-crested cormorants to limit depredation on selected sport fisheries in Michigan, S. Dorr Brian; Ashley Moerke; Michael Bur; Chuck Bassett; Tony Aderman; Dan Traynor; Russell D. Singleton; Peter H. Butchko; and Jimmy D. Taylor, II

A review of existing and potential New World and Australasian vertebrate pesticides with a rationale for linking use patterns to registration requirements, Charles T. Eason, Kathleen A. Fagerstone, John D. Eisemann, Simon Humphrys, Jeanette R. O’Hare, and Steven J. Lapidge

The economic impacts to commercial farms from invasive monkeys in Puerto Rico, Richard M. Engeman, Jose´ E. Laborde, Bernice U. Constantin, Stephanie A. Shwiff, Parker Hall, Anthony Duffiney, and Freddie Luciano

Review of issues concerning the use of reproductive inhibitors, with particular emphasis on resolving human-wildlife conflicts in North America, Kathleen A. Fagerstone, Lowell A. Miller, Gary Killian, and Christi A. Yoder

Review of issues concerning the use of reproductive inhibitors, with particular emphasis on resolving human-wildlife conflicts in North America, Kathleen A. Fagerstone, Lowell A. Miller, Gary Killian, and Christi A. Yoder

In Memory William B. Jackson 1926-2010, Michael W. Fall

Eradicating Rats on Lehua Island, Hawaii, with the Help of GIS and GPS, Justin W. Fischer and Peter Dunlevy

Eradicating Rats on Lehua Island, Hawaii, with the Help of GIS and GPS, Justin W. Fischer and Peter Dunlevy

Evaluation of rhodamine B as a biomarker for raccoons, Tricia L. Fry, Todd C. Atwood, and Mike R. Dunbar

Livestock Protection Dogs in the 21st Century: Is an Ancient Tool Relevant to Modern Conservation Challenges?, Thomas M. Gehring, Kurt C. VerCauteren, and Jean-Marc Landry