Held March 4, 5 and 6, 1986
Bahia Hotel, San Diego, California

EDITOR: TERRELL P. SALMON
ASSISTANT EDITORS: REX E. MARSH and DOROTHY E. BEADLE

Arranged by the VERTEBRATE PEST COUNCIL OF THE VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE
Published at the University of California, Davis, California 95616, June 1986

1987

WHY DO POSSUMS SURVIVE AERIAL POISONING OPERATIONS?, D. R. Morgan, C. L. Batcheler, and J. A. Peters

PLAGUES OF THE HOUSE MOUSE IN SOUTH EASTERN AUSTRALIA, Glen Saunders

1986

Conference Participants

Twelfth Vertebrate Pest Conference Frontmatter and Table of Contents

FIELD EVALUATION OF SINGLE AND MULTIPLE DOSE ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDES IN REDUCING RODENT POPULATIONS AND DAMAGES IN COCONUT PLANTATIONS, Ranjan Advani

THE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE AND CONTROL OF VERTEBRATE PESTS OF GRAMINACEOUS CROPS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO RICE (Oryza sativa) IN NIGERIA—A REVIEW, Modupe Akande

STRYCHINE-SALT BLOCKS FOR CONTROLLING PORCUPINES IN PINE FORESTS: EFFICACY AND HAZARDS, R. Michael Anthony, Jambs Evans, and Gerald D. Lindsey

PEST BIRD CONTROL WITH THE AVICIDE BCF 7000-SUN OIL REFINERY PROJECT, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, Charles W. Areson

ANTICOAGULANT TRANSLOCATION AND PLANT RESIDUE STUDIES IN CROPS, Leonard R. Askham

RESULTS OF EIGHT YEARS' EXAMINATION OF THE HABITATS OF RESIDUAL URBAN NORWAY RAT POPULATIONS AFTER ERADICATION, Daniel Bajomi and Katalin Sasvari

ERADICATION AND CONTROL OF FERAL AND FREE-RANGING DOGS IN THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, Bruce D. Barnett

ADVANCES IN THE INTEGRATED CONTROL OF THE EUROPEAN RABBIT IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA, John R. W. Burley

SECONDARY TOXICITY OF COYOTES KILLED BY 1080 SINGLE-DOSE BAITS, Richard J. Burns, Guy E. Connolly, and Iwao Okuno

AN URBAN ROOF RAT CONTROL PROGRAM IN ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, Gilbert L. Challet

AN INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT APPROACH TO ROOF RAT CONTROL IN OCEANFRONT RIPRAP, VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, Daniel P. Claffey, Minoo B. Madon, and Randall T. Smith

ALTERNATE TOXICANTS FOR THE M-44 SODIUM CYANIDE EJECTOR, Guy Connolly, Richard J. Burns, and Gary D. Simmons

THE HOUSE MOUSE IN POULTRY OPERATIONS: PEST SIGNIFICANCE AND A NOVEL BAITING STRATEGY FOR ITS CONTROL, Robert M. Corrigan and Ralph E. Williams

CLOSING REMARKS FOR THE 12TH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE, A. Charles Crabb

BIRD PROBLEMS IN CALIFORNIA PISTACHIO PRODUCTION, A. Charles Crabb, Terrell P. Salmon, and Rex E. Marsh

POPULATION DYNAMICS AND EXPANSION RATES OF BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOGS, Lyle A. Crosby and Randy Graham

POCKET GOPHER DAMAGE TO CONIFERS IN WESTERN FORESTS: A HISTORICAL AND CURRENT PERSPECTIVE ON THE PROBLEM AND ITS CONTROL, Glenn A. Crouch

EVALUATING A POP-UP SCARECROW COUPLED WITH A PROPANE EXPLODER FOR REDUCING BLACKBIRD DAMAGE TO RIPENING SUNFLOWER, John L. Cummings, C. Edward Knittle, and Joseph L. Guarino

ENTERPRISE BUDGETS: A TOOL FOR VERTEBRATE PEST CONTROL DECISION MAKING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, Daniel C. Evans

POTENTIAL OF VEGETATION MANAGEMENT FOR GROUND SQUIRREL CONTROL, Wendy S. Fitzgerald and Rex E. Marsh

BIOLOGICAL STATUS OF MOUNTAIN LIONS IN CALIFORNIA, E. Lee Fitzhugh and W. Paul Gorenzel

BATPROOFING STRUCTURES WITH BIRDNETTING CHECKVALVES, Stephen C. Frantz

AN EVALUATION OF THE ACUTE ORAL TOXICITY OF BRODIFACOUM TO BIRDS, Michael E. R. Godfrey

APPLICATION OF A BENEFIT:COST MODEL TO BLACKBIRD DAMAGE CONTROL IN WILD RICE, W. Paul Gorenzel, Daniel B. Marcum, and Terrell P. Salmon

SALMON POISONING DISEASE: RESEARCH ON A POTENTIAL METHOD OF LETHAL CONTROL FOR COYOTES, Jeffrey S. Green, Brad R. Leamaster, William J. Foreyt, and Roger A. Woodruff

A CHANGING APPROACH TO DINGO CONTROL IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, A. W. Hogstrom

INTEGRATIVE MODELS OF POISONING VERTEBRATE PESTS, J. Hone

IMPLICATIONS AND MANAGEMENT OF FERAL MAMMALS IN CALIFORNIA, Walter E. Howard and Rex E. Marsh

WILDLIFE DAMAGE IN CONSERVATION TILLAGE AGRICULTURE: A NEW CHALLENGE, Ron J. Johnson

A REVIEW OF BRODIFACOUM EFFICACY IN THE U.S. AND WORLDWIDE, Dale E. Kaudeinen and Michael Rampaud

A FIVE-YEAR EVALUATION OF THE SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF SQUIRREL DAMAGE IN TAIWAN, Pao-Chang Kuo and Yue-Ken Liao

THE MECHANICAL CONTROL OF BUSHPIG, Potamochoerus porcus, IN ZIMBABWE, Michael La Grange

KEYNOTE ADDRESS—CHANGING TIMES FOR ANIMAL DAMAGE CONTROL, James O. Lee Jr.

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRYCHINIE LACED ALFALFA ON POCKET GOPHER ACTIVITY IN DIAMOND VALLEY, NEVADA, Steven R. Lewis and John O'Brien

PRIVATE COSTS OF PREDATOR CONTROL IN NEW MEXICO IN 1983, Gary A. Littauer, Ronald J. White, and David Carroll Hall

INTOXICATION OF DOMESTIC AND WILD ANIMALS BY ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDES — A SYNTHESIS OF DATA FROM THE FRENCH NATIONAL VETERINARY ANTIPOISON CENTER, G. Lorgue, K. Nahas, G. Keck, and M. Rampaud

BARN OWLS AND INDUSTRY: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS, Lee R. Martin

SPECIFICATIONS FOR WIRE MESH FENCES TO EXCLUDE THE EUROPEAN WILD RABBIT FROM CROPS, I. Gordon McKillop, Harry W. Pepper, and Charles J. Wilson

AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO BUBONIC PLAGUE CONTROL IN A SOUTHWESTERN PLAGUE FOCUS, Curtis E. Montman, Allan M. Barnes, and Gary O. Maupin

NEW POTENTIAL DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDE POISONING IN DOGS AND OTHER NONTARGET ANIMALS, Michael E. Mount

THE COMPLEXITIES AT THE INTERFACE AMONG DOMESTIC/WILD RODENTS, FLEAS, PETS, AND MAN IN URBAN PLAGUE ECOLOGY IN LOS ANGELES, COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, Bernard C. Nelson, Minoo B. Madon, and Arthur Tilzer

CURRENT CHANGES TO VERTEBRATE PEST MANAGEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND, Peter C. Nelson

AN APPROACH TO THE DESIGN OF TARGET-SPECIFIC VERTEBRATE PEST CONTROL SYSTEMS, Peter H. O'Brien

PROTECTION WITH VEXAR CYLINDERS FROM DAMAGE BY MEADOW VOLES OF TREE AND SHRUB SEEDLINGS IN NORTHEASTERN ALBERTA, Ronald W. Pauls

THE STATUS OF BROMADIOLONE IN THE UNITED STATES, Richard M. Poche

BAIT PREFERENCE FIELD STUDY OF THE CALIFORNIA GROUND SQUIRREL, Brenda D. Protopapas and A. Charles Crabb

APPROACHES TO SMALL-HOLDER RODENT CONTROL, C. G. J. Richards

COMPARISON OF FUMIGANT GASES USED FOR RABBIT CONTROL IN GREAT BRITAIN, John Ross

OPENING REMARKS—TWELFTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE, Terrell P. Salmon

AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY RODENT PROBLEMS AND CONTROL IN ITALY, Luciano A. Santini

LABORATORY EFFICACY STUDIES WITH STRYCHNINE BAITS ON PIGEONS, Edward F. Schafer Jr. and Mary L. Eschen

RODENT CONTROL IN EAST AFRICA, William R. Smythe

TRENDS OF PREDATOR LOSSES OF SHEEP AND LAMBS FROM 1940 THROUGH 1985, Clair E. Terrill

AN ECONOMIC THRESHOLD MODEL FOR HOUSE MOUSE DAMAGE TO INSULATION, Robert M. Timm and Daryl D. Fisher

APPROACHES TO COOT MANAGEMENT IN CALIFORNIA, Valerie Van Way

RECENT RESEARCH ON RED SQUILL AS A RODENTICIDE, Anthony J. Verbiscar, Thomas F. Banagan, and Howard Scott Gentry

PREDATOR DAMAGE CONTROL: 1980 to 1986, Dale A. Wade

RODENT PROBLEMS OF THE WEST INDIES, John O. Williams

EFFICACY OF A CARBON MONOXIDE GAS CARTRIDGE AGAINST FIELD RODENTS, Deng Zhi and Zhao Wu Chang