Held at the Red Lion Inn, Sacramento, California
March 6, 7 and 8, 1990
Arranged by the VERTEBRATE PEST COUNCIL of the VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE
Proceedings Editors : LEWIS R. DAVIS and REX E. MARSH
Assistant Editor: DOROTHY E. BEADLE
Published at the University of California, Davis, July 1990

1990

CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS

Front Matter and Contents

THE EFFECT OF SEED COAT COLOUR AND DEPTH OF PLANTING ON BUSHFOWL DAMAGE TO PLANTED MAIZE SEEDS, Modupe Akande and A.O. Obajimi

EFFECT OF ARTIFICIAL PERCHES AND NESTS IN ATTRACTING RAPTORS TO ORCHARDS, Leonard R. Askham

A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THE CONTROL OF PEST ANIMALS AND PLANTS IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, James K. Backholer, David W.A. Lane, and Eric A. Ward

NATIVE HETEROMYID RODENTS AS PESTS OF COMMERCIAL JOJOBA, Rex O. Baker

PLAGUE IN THE U.S.: PRESENT AND FUTURE, Allan M. Barnes

LAMB PREDATION IN PATAGONIAN RANCHES, J. Bellati and J. von Thungen

DEVELOPMENT, USE, AND BENEFITS OF THE ANIMAL DAMAGE CONTROL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, Darlene G. Blaney

CLOSING REMARKS FOR THE FOURTEENTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE, John E. Borrecco

ANIMAL DAMAGE PROBLEMS AND CONTROL ACTIVITIES ON NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS, John E. Borrecco and Hugh C. Black

DAY-GLO® FLUORESCENT PARTICLES AS A MARKER FOR USE IN M-44 CYANIDE CAPSULES, Richard J. Burns, Guy E. Connolly, and Peter J. Savarie

PREDATOR CONTROL FOR THE PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES IN CALIFORNIA, Peter H. Butchko

COMMUNAL STARLING ROOSTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR CONTROL, Donald F. Caccamise

CROP DAMAGE BY OVERABUNDANT POPULATIONS OF NILGAI AND BLACKBUCK IN HARYANA (INDIA) AND ITS MANAGEMENT, N.P.S. Chauhan and Ramveer Singh

PLANNING RODENT CONTROL FOR BOSTON'S CENTRAL ARTERY/TUNNEL PROJECT, Bruce A. Colvin, A. Daniel Ashton, Wellard G. McCartney, and William B. Jackson

EFFICACY OF COMPOUND 1080 LIVESTOCK PROTECTION COLLARS FOR KILLING COYOTES THAT ATTACK SHEEP, Guy Connolly and Richard J. Burns

THE USE OF DOGS AND CALLS TO TAKE COYOTES AROUND DENS AND RESTING AREAS, Craig Coolahan

PLANT SECONDARY COMPOUNDS–A BASIS FOR NEW AVIAN REPELLENTS, D.R. Crocker

AN EVALUATION OF DRC-2698 TREATED BAITS FOR REDUCING BLACKBIRD POPULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SUNFLOWER DAMAGE, John L. Cummings, Edward W. Schafer Jr., and Donald J. Cunningham

OPENING REMARKS--FOURTEENTH PEST CONFERENCE, Lewis R. Davis

REDUCING BLACKBIRD DAMAGE TO NEWLY PLANTED RICE WITH A NONTOXIC CLAY-BASED SEED COATING, David G. Decker, Michael L. Avery, and M.O. Way

BROMETHALIN TOXICOSIS-EVALUATION OF AMINOPHYLLINE TREATMENT AND AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC ASSESSMENT, David C. Dorman, Alan J. Parker, and William B. Buck

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A POLICY FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF DINGO POPULATIONS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA, R.J. Downward and J.E. Bromell

A COMPARISON OF THREE TRAPS FOR REMOVAL OF COLUMBIAN GROUND SQUIRRELS, W. Daniel Edge and Sally L. Olson-Edge

A REVIEW OF FALCONRY AS A BIRD-HAZING TECHNIQUE, William A. Erickson, Rex E. Marsh, and Terrell P. Salmon

EFFICACY DATA FOR REGISTRATION OF STRYCHNINE GRAIN BAITS TO CONTROL POCKET GOPHERS (Thomomys spp.), James Evans, George H. Matschke, Dan L. Campbell, Paul L. Hegdal, and Richard M. Engeman

RODENT PROBLEMS IN RANGE REHABILITATION, Richard Everett and Steve Monsen

POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF MAINTAINING PESTICIDE REGISTRATIONS, Kathleen A. Fagerstone, Roger W. Bullard, and Craig A. Ramey

CONTROL OF COYOTE PREDATION ON LIVESTOCK–PROGRESS IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, Michael W. Fall

RODENTS AS A FOOD SOURCE, Lynwood A. Fiedler

MYTHOLOGY OF VERTEBRATE PEST CONTROL, William D. Fitzwater

GROUND SQUIRREL BURROW DESTRUCTION: CONTROL IMPLICATIONS, Arlette Gilson and Terrell P. Salmon

BLACK BEAR FEEDING ON SECOND GROWTH REDWOODS: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT, Gregory A. Giusti

THE STATUS OF THE STEEL TRAP IN NORTH AMERICA, James H. Glass

SEEDLING DAMAGE AND MORTALITY OF CONIFER PLANTATIONS ON TRANSITORY RANGES IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO, Russell T. Graham and James L. Kingery

ADC GUARDING DOG PROGRAM UPDATE: A FOCUS ON MANAGING DOGS, Jeffrey S. Green and Roger A. Woodruff

CONTROL OF MEDITERRANEAN PINE VOLE POPULATIONS IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, Gerald Guedon and Benoit Combes

VERTEBRATE PESTS OF UK AGRICULTURE: PRESENT PROBLEMS AND FUTURE SOLUTIONS, Anthony R. Hardy

FIELD TRIAL OF A CPT-AVICIDE AERIAL SPRAY, Jon F. Heisterberg, John L. Cummings, George M. Linz, Edward Knittle, Thomas W. Seamans, and Paul P. Woronecki

HOW ANIMAL CONTROL IMPROVES ANIMAL WELFARE, Walter E. Howard

DIFFERENTIAL TOXICITY AND TASTE AVERSION TO STRYCHNINE OF THREE SUBSPECIES OF THE CALIFORNIA GROUND SQUIRREL (Spermophilus beecheyi), Walter E. Howard, Stephen D. Palmateer, and Rex E. Marsh

THE EVOLUTION OF VERTEBRATE PEST MANAGEMENT--THE SPECIES VERSUS SYSTEMS APPROACH, Scott E. Hygnstrom

CONTROLLING VERTEBRATE ANIMAL DAMAGE IN SOUTHERN PINES, Jeffrey J. Jackson

REQUIRED USE OF PROTECTIVE BAIT STATIONS IN THE U. S., William W. Jacobs

THE HUMAN ELEMENT IN WILDLIFE DAMAGE SITUATIONS, Ron J. Johnson

STATE OF THE ART TELEMETRY EQUIPMENT APPROPRIATE FOR VERTEBRATE PEST CONTROL RESEARCH, Barbara C. Kermeen

CONTROL OF THE AFRICAN STRIPED GROUND SQUIRREL, Xerus erythropus, IN KENYA, Gillian E. Key

STATUS OF COMPOUND DRC-1339 REGISTRATIONS, C. Edward Knittle, Edward W. Schaffer Jr., and Kathleen A. Fagerstone

FRIGHTENING METHODS AND DEVICES/STIMULI TO PREVENT MAMMAL DAMAGE-- A REVIEW, Ann E. Koehler, Rex E. Marsh, and Terrell P. Salmon

LYME DISEASE, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE WESTERN U.S., AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO WILDLIFE (Abstract only), Robert S. Lane

ACQUIRED STRYCHNINE TOLERANCE BY POCKET GOPHERS, Ling Ling Lee, Walter E. Howard, and Rex E. Marsh

THE USE OF RAINFALL PATTERNS IN PREDICTING POPULATION DENSITIES OF MULTIMAMMATE RATS, Mastomys natalensis, H. Leirs, R. Verhagen, and W. Verheyen

SURVEY OF RODENT AND RABBIT DAMAGE TO ALFALFA HAY IN NEVADA, Steven R. Lewis and John M. O'Brien

EFFECTS OF FIELD VERTEBRATE PEST CONTROL ON NONTARGET WILDLIFE (with emphasis on bird and rodent control), E.E. Littrell

REPRODUCTION AND POPULATION STRUCTURE OF POCKET GOPHERS (Thomomvs bottae) FROM IRRIGATED ALFALFA FIELDS, Susan C. Loeb

URBAN ANIMAL DAMAGE CONTROL IN CALIFORNIA, John R. Maestrelli

MICROENCAPSULATION OF RODENTICIDES, Rex E. Marsh

EXCLUSIONARY METHODS AND MATERIALS TO PROTECT PLANTS FROM PEST MAMMALS--A REVIEW, Rex E. Marsh, Ann E. Koehler, and Terrell P. Salmon

BIRD CONTROL ON CONTAINMENT POND SITES, Lee R. Martin and Sam Hagar

AN EXAMINATION OF THE BROWSING ANIMAL PROBLEM IN AUSTRALIAN EUCALYPT AND PINE PLANTATIONS, Thomas L. Montague, David C. Pollock, and Wendy Wright

ASSESSMENT OF BIRD DAMAGE TO EARLY-RIPENING BLUEBERRIES IN FLORIDA, Curtis O. Nelms, Michael L. Avery, and David G. Decker

BIRD PROBLEMS IN NEW ZEALAND–METHODS OF CONTROL, Peter C. Nelson

VERTEBRATE PESTS OF BEEKEEPING, John M. O'Brien and Rex E. Marsh

RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD AND STARLING FEEDING RESPONSES ON CORN EARWORM-INFESTED CORN, Flavian H. Okurut-Akol, Richard A. Dolbeer, and Paul P. Woronecki

REGISTRATION STATUS OF VERTEBRATE PESTICIDES WITH EMPHASIS ON 1080 AND STRYCHNINE, Steve D. Palmateer

WILD HOG MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AT GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, John D. Peine and Jane Allen Farmer

RESPONSES OF CAPTIVE COYOTES TO CHEMICAL ATTRACTANTS, Robert L. Phillips, F. Sherman Blom, and Richard M. Engeman

AN EVALUATION OF BREAKAWAY SNARES FOR USE IN COYOTE CONTROL, Robert L. Phillips, F. Sherman Blom, and Richard E. Johnson

THE STATUS OF LINES IN BIRD DAMAGE CONTROL–A REVIEW, Patricia A. Pochop, Ron J. Johnson, Danilo A. Aguero, and Kent M. Eskridge

KEYNOTE ADDRESS--THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE OF VERTEBRATE PEST MANAGEMENT, Russell F. Reidinger Jr.

RABIES CONTROL FOR URBAN FOXES, SKUNKS, AND RACCOONS, Richard C. Rosatte, Michael J. Power, Charles D. MacInnes, and Kenneth F. Lawson

AN EVALUATION OF FENCING TO EXCLUDE POCKET GOPHERS FROM EXPERIMENTAL PLOTS, Terrell P. Salmon, Robert H. Schmidt, and Rex E. Marsh

ITS A FACT! ITS A PHACT!, Harlan R. Shuhler

RODENTICIDE ECOTOXICOLOGY: SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION, R.H. Smith, Paula R. Cox, and M. Rampaud

ANIMAL WELFARE AND THE CONTROL OF VERTEBRATES, Harry V. Thompson

RODENT DAMAGE TO HAWAIIAN SUGARCANE, Mark E. Tobin, Robert T. Sugihara, and Asher K. Ota

ROAMING, STRAY, AND FERAL DOMESTIC CATS AND DOGS AS WILDLIFE PROBLEMS, Bessel D. Van't Woudt

A COMPARISON OF SEVERAL POCKET GOPHER BAITS IN THE FIELD, Paul Vossen and Pierre Gadd

RANCHER USE OF LIVESTOCK PROTECTION COLLARS IN TEXAS, Murray T. Walton

WARFARIN RESISTANCE OF Rattus tiomanicus IN OIL PALMS IN MALAYSIA AND THE, B.J. Wood and G.F. Chung

USE OF ALPHA-CHLORALOSE TO REMOVE WATERFOWL FROM NUISANCE AND DAMAGE SITUATIONS, Paul P. Woronecki, Richard A. Dolbeer, and Thomas W. Seamans