PROCEEDINGS OF AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
Fort Collins, Colorado
August 7-9, 2007

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, Richard M. Engeman, Bernice Constantin, and Jeffrey Bunting

MANAGING NON-NATIVE WILDLIFE IN FLORIDA: STATE PERSPECTIVE, POLICY AND PRACTICE, Scott Hardin

CUSTOM TRUCKS, RADIO SNAKE JINGLES, AND TEMPORARY TATTOOS: AN OVERVIEW OF A SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN RELATED TO BROWN TREESNAKES IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, Nathaniel B. Hawley

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

THE PATH TO ERADICATION OF THE GAMBIAN GIANT POUCHED RAT IN FLORIDA, Gary W. Witmer, Jean B. Bourassa, John W. Woolard, Bernice Constantin, Parker T. Hall, Scott Hardin, and Neil D. Perry

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 Editor, Will C. Pitt Editor, Kathleen A. Fagerstone Editor, and Cynthia A. Clark