August 7-9, 2007
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Gary W. Witmer, Will C. Pitt, and Kathleen A. Fagerstone, editors
2007
Managing Vertebrate Invasive Species
FLORIDA’S NON-NATIVE AVIFAUNA, Michael L. Avery and Michael P. Moulton
MANAGING STARLINGS IN AUSTRALIA – CAN DRC-1339 BE THE ANSWER?, Tina Bentz, Steven Lapidge, David Dall, and Ronald G. Sinclair
INVASIVE RATS AND BUBONIC PLAGUE IN NORTHWEST UGANDA, Jeff N. Borchert; Jeff J. Mach; Timothy J. Linder; Asaph Ogen-Odoi [Deceased, In Memoriam]; and Santos Angualia
ISLAND BIOSECURITY AS A PEST MANAGEMENT TACTIC IN NEW ZEALAND, Keith Broome
WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS, Richard L. Bruggers
THE ROLE OF EARLY DETECTION AND RAPID RESPONSE IN THWARTING AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE INTRODUCTIONS IN FLORIDA, Todd S. Campbell
CAN TEMPERATURE BE USED AS A TOOL FOR LIMITING BROWN TREESNAKE INVASION VIA TRANSPORTATION PATHWAYS?, Michelle T. Christy, Julie A. Savidge, Richard Bischof, and Gordon H. Rodda
MULTIPLE-SPECIES EXCLUSION FENCING AND TECHNOLOGY FOR MAINLAND SITES, Tim Day and Roger MacGibbon
LANDSCAPE GENETICS OF FERAL SWINE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT, Johanna Delgado-Acevedo, Randy W. DeYoung, and Tyler A. Campbell
ALASKA’S RAT SPILL RESPONSE PROGRAM, Steven M. Ebbert, Arthur Sowls, and G. Vernon Byrd
THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT HISTORY OF A SUCCESSFUL EXOTIC ERADICATION: THE CASE OF BLACK-TAILED JACKRABBITS IN ONE PART OF FLORIDA, Richard M. Engeman, Bernice Constantin, and Jeffrey Bunting
THE PATH TO ERADICATION OF THE GAMBIAN GIANT POUCHED RAT IN FLORIDA, Richard Engeman, Gary W. Witmer, Jean B. Bourassa, John W. Woolard, Bernice Constantin, Parker T. Hall, Scott Hardin, and Neil D. Perry
MANAGING NON-NATIVE WILDLIFE IN FLORIDA: STATE PERSPECTIVE, POLICY AND PRACTICE, Scott Hardin
CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN RUDDY DUCK IN EUROPE, Iain Henderson and Peter Robertson
ECOLOGY OF AN INVASIVE PREDATOR IN HAWAII, Steven C. Hess, Heidi Hansen, and Paul C. Banko
INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH USING GIS, Tracy Holcombe, Thomas J. Stohlgren, and Catherine Jarnevich
THE FAILED REGULATORY SYSTEM FOR ANIMAL IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED STATES – AND HOW TO FIX IT, Peter Jenkins
PROBABILISTIC BIOENERGETIC/TOXICITY MODELING APPROACH FOR ESTIMATING TOXICANT INDUCED MORTALITY TO TARGET INVASIVE SPECIES AND NON-TARGET WILDLIFE, John Johnston, Randal S. Stahl, H. Jeffrey Homan, George M. Linz, and Will C. Pitt
USING PATHWAY ANALYSIS TO INFORM PREVENTION STRATEGIES FOR ALIEN REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS, Fred Kraus
GLOBAL HARMONISATION IN THE FIELD OF INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, Steven Lapidge, Simon Humphrys, and David Dall
SPOTTING CRYPTIC ANIMALS IN THE DARK: WHAT LIGHT PROPERTIES SHOULD A GOOD HEADLAMP HAVE?, Bjorn Lardner, Julie A. Savidge, and Gordon H. Rodda
EUROPEAN STARLINGS: A REVIEW OF AN INVASIVE SPECIES WITH FAR-REACHING IMPACTS, George M. Linz, H. Jeffrey Homan, Shannon M. Gaulker, Linda B. Penry, and William J. Bleier
CONSIDERING CONTROL OF INVASIVE BARRED OWLS TO BENEFIT CALIFORNIA SPOTTED OWLS: POSSIBLE JUSTIFICATION AND DRAFT METHODS, Kent B. Livezey, Richard M. Engeman, Dennis F. Rock, and Donald A. Yasuda
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW RODENTICIDE FOR NUTRIA, Jeff J. Mach and Richard M. Poche
ERADICATING HOUSE MICE FROM ISLANDS: SUCCESSES, FAILURES AND THE WAY FORWARD, James W. B. MacKay, James C. Russell, and Elaine C. Murphy
PROMOTING AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE AND GOOD INTENTIONS, Christy Martin
WILDLIFE CONTRACEPTION: TARGETING THE OOCYTE, Richard E. Mauldin and Lowell A. Miller
PRIORITIZATION OF ACTION ON NON-NATIVE SPECIES – PROGRESS IN GREAT BRITAIN, Niall Moore
REDUCING RISK AND ENHANCING EFFICIENCY IN NON-NATIVE VERTEBRATE REMOVAL EFFORTS ON ISLANDS: A 25 YEAR MULTI-TAXA RETROSPECTIVE FROM SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, Scott A. Morrison
METHODS AND STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING FERAL HOG DAMAGE IN GRAIN PRODUCTION AREAS IN CENTRAL TEXAS, T. J. Muir and Gary McEwen
DEVELOPING A NEW TOXIN FOR POTENTIAL CONTROL OF FERAL CATS, STOATS, AND WILD DOGS IN NEW ZEALAND, Elain C. Murphy, Charles T. Eason, Steve Hix, and Duncan MacMorran
DEVELOPING STRATEGY AND TOOLS FOR THE LOCAL ELIMINATION OF MULTIPLE PEST SPECIES, Graham Nugent, David R. Morgan, Peter Sweetapple, and Bruce Warburton
TREE SQUIRRELS AS INVASIVE SPECIES: CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS, Geoffrey H. Palmer, John Koprowski, and Tony Pernas
AN EVALUATION OF PASSIVE THERMAL FUMIGATION FOR BROWN TREESNAKE CONTROL IN SURFACE TRANSPORTATION FROM GUAM, Gad Perry and Daniel S. Vice
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC COSTS OF VERTEBRATE SPECIES INVASIONS INTO THE UNITED STATES, David Pimental
IMPACTS OF INTRODUCED SPECIES ON AN ISLAND ECOSYSTEM: NON-NATIVE REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS IN THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS, Renata J. Platenberg
HABITATTITUDE™: GETTING A BACKBONE ABOUT THE PET RELEASE PATHWAY, Jamie K. Reaser and N. Marshall Meyers
CLIMATE MATCHING AS A TOOL FOR PREDICTING POTENTIAL NORTH AMERICAN SPREAD OF BROWN TREESNAKES, Gordon H. Rodda, Robert N. Reed, and Catherine S. Jarnevich
POPULATION ECOLOGY AND SOME POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF EMERGING POPULATIONS OF EXOTIC PARROTS, Douglas E. Runde, Will C. Pitt, and J. T. Foster
EARLY DETECTION AND ERADICATION OF INVADING RATS, James C. Russell, Mick N. Clout, and David R. Towns
DNA DETECTION OF FOXES TO PREVENT ESTABLISHMENT IN TASMANIA, Stephen D. Sarre, Rachel Walsch, Niccy Aitken, Alison Foster, and Nick Mooney
A “COMMUNITY” APPROACH TO INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT: SOME PACIFIC CASE STUDIES, Alan Saunders, Henri Blaffart, Craig Morley, Joape Kuruyawa, Vilikesa Masibalavu, and Elenoa Seniloli
FLOTATION MATERIALS FOR AERIAL DELIVERY OF ACETAMINOPHEN TOXIC BAITS TO BROWN TREESNAKES, Peter J. Savarie, Tom C. Mathies, and Kathleen A. Fagerstone
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON PROGRAMS OF INVASIVE VERTEBRATE SPECIES, Greg Sherley
COQUI FROG RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT EFFORTS IN HAWAII, Hans Sin and Adam Radford
PEST ERADICATION TECHNOLOGY – THE CRITICAL PARTNER TO PEST EXCLUSION TECHNOLOGY: THE MAUNGATAUTARI EXPERIENCE, Cam Speedy, Tim Day, and John Innes
THE BROWN TREESNAKE RAPID RESPONSE TEAM, James W. Stanford and Gordon H. Rodda
MONITORING THE SALE AND TRAFFICKING OF INVASIVE VERTEBRATE SPECIES USING AUTOMATED INTERNET SEARCH AND SURVEILLANCE TOOLS, Karl Suiter and Sanda Sferrazza
GENETIC OPTIONS FOR THE CONTROL OF INVASIVE VERTEBRATE PESTS: PROSPECTS AND CONSTRAINTS, Ronald E. Thresher
DEVELOPING A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING POSSUM CONTROL PLANNING, Bruce Warburton, Jim Coleman, Mark Fuglestad, and James Dietrich
INVASIVE SPECIES: A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE AND THE NEED FOR A COORDINATED RESPONSE, Lori Williams
MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE VERTEBRATES IN THE UNITED STATES: AN OVERVIEW, Gary W. Witmer, Patrick W. Burke, Will C. Pitt, and Michael L. Avery
Foreword, Gary W. Witmer, Will C. Pitt, and Kathleen A. Fagerstone
MANAGING VERTEBRATE INVASIVE SPECIES: PROCEEDINGS OF AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, Gary W. Witmer, Will C. Pitt, Kathleen A. Fagerstone, and Cynthia A. Clark