held at the Westin Hotel, Santa Clara, California, February 28, March 1-3, 1994.
Arranged by the VERTEBRATE PEST COUNCIL of the VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE
Proceedings Editors: WENDY S. HALVERSON and A. CHARLES CRABB
ISSN: 0507-6773
Published at the University of California, Davis, August 1994

1994

CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS

SIXTEENTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS: Frontmatter & Contents,

CHARTING A FUTURE: PROCESS AND PROMISE, Bobby R. Acord, Craig A. Ramey, and Robert W. Werge

AN EVALUATION OF ANTI-COYOTE ELECTRIC FENCES, Robert C. Acorn and Michael J. Dorrance

BEAR RELOCATIONS TO AVOID BEAR/SHEEP CONFLICTS, Alan R. Armistead, Ken Mitchell, and Guy E. Connolly

FIELD TESTS OF A COPPER-BASED FUNGICIDE AS A BIRD REPELLENT RICE SEED TREATMENT, Michael L. Avery and M.O. Way

BLURRED IMAGES: AND THE FUTURE OF WILDLIFE DAMAGE MANAGEMENT , Jack H. Berryman

RESISTANCE TO THE FIRST AND SECOND GENERATION ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDES-A NEW PERSPECTIVE, A.P. Buckle, C.V. Prescott, and K.J. Ward

HANTA VIRUSES AND THEIR RODENT RESERVOIRS IN THE UNITED STATES, James E. Childs, Thomas G. Ksiazek, Pierre E. Rollesf, John W. Krebs, Sherif Zaki, Stuart T. Nichol, C.J. Peters, and Gregory E. Glass

ACROLEIN AS A GROUND SQUIRREL BURROW FUMIGANT, Jerry P. Clark

MANAGING RACCOONS, SKUNKS, AND OPOSSUMS IN URBAN SETTINGS, Kevin D. Clark

HOW BIRDS INTERPRET DISTRESS CALLS: IMPLICATIONS FOR APPLIED USES OF DISTRESS CALL PLAYBACKS, Michael R. Conover

EVALUATION OF FIELD SAMPLING TECHNIQUES FOR ESTIMATION OF BIRD DAMAGE IN PISTACHIO ORCHARDS, A. Charles Crabb, James J. Marois, and Terrell P. Salmon

LABORATORY STUDIES WITH COMPOUND DRC-1339 ON FERAL PIGEONS, John L. Cummings, Patricia A. Pochop, Melvyn V. Garrison, Carol A. Furcolow, and James E. Davis Jr.

PREVENTING DEER DAMAGE WITH BARRIER, ELECTRICAL, AND BEHAVIORAL FENCING SYSTEMS, Paul D. Curtis, Michael J. Fargione, and Milo E. Richmond

UNWANTED GUESTS: EVICTING BATS FROM HUMAN DWELLINGS, Veda Depaepe and Robert H. Schmidt

RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD FEEDING PREFERENCES AND RESPONSE TO WILD RICE TREATED WITH PORTLAND CEMENT OR PLASTER, Richard A. Dolbeer and Sheri K. Ickes

CONTRACTS AND REGISTRATION STUDIES, Donald J. Elias, Ray T. Sterner, and Peter J. Savarbe

THE ROLE OF PREDATORS IN THE ECOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND SURVEILLANCE OF PLAGUE IN THE UNITED STATES, Kenneth L. Gage, John A. Montenieri, and Rex E. Thomas

FOOD HABITS AND MANAGEMENT OF INTRODUCED RED FOX IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Richard T. Golightly Jr., Michelle R. Faulhaber, Kevin L. Sallee, and Jeffrey C. Lewis

DO LIVESTOCK GUARDING DOGS LOSE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS OVER TIME?, Jeffrey S. Green, Roger A. Woodruff, and William F. Andelt

OPENING REMARKS - SIXTEENTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE, Wendy S. Halverson

THE EUROPEAN FERRET, MUSTELA PUTORIUS, (FAMILY MUSTELIDAE) ITS PUBLIC HEALTH, WILDLIFE AND AGRICULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, Jim C. Hitchcock

WHAT DO ANIMAL ACTIVISTS WANT? (AND HOW SHOULD WILDLIFE MANAGERS RESPOND?), Jon K. Hooper PhD.

MONITORING WILDLIFE DAMAGE MANAGEMENT PESTICIDES, THE ROLE OF THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME, Robert C. Hosea

EFFICACY OF FIVE BURROW FUMIGANTS FOR MANAGING BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOGS, Scott E. Hygnstrom

BIOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT (CONTROL) OF VERTEBRATE PESTS-ADVANCES IN THE LAST QUARTER CENTURY, Scott E. Hygnstrom, Kurt C. Vercauteren, and Thomas R. Schmaderer

DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL TRAP STANDARDS — A PROGRESS REPORT, Neal Jotham and Robert L. Phillips

PRESENT STATUS OF RATTUS NORVEGICUS ON SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, GALAPAGOS, ECUADOR, Gillian Key, Elizabeth Wilson, and Jules Conner

EFFECTS OF CS2-STARCH XANTHATE ON CONSUMPTION BY RATS, Ann E. Koehler, Mark E. Tobin, and Robert T. Sugffiara

CALIFORNIA GROUND SQUIRRELS AT CONCORD NAVAL WEAPONS STATION: ALTERNATIVES FOR CONTROL AND THE ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES, Ivette Loredo-Prendeville, Dirk Van Vuren, Amy J. Kuenzi, and Michael L. Morrison

TRENDS IN MOUNTAIN LION DEPREDATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY THREATS IN CALIFORNIA, Terry M. Mansfield and Steven G. Torres

GROWER PRACTICES FOR BLACKBIRD CONTROL IN WILD RICE IN CALIFORNIA, Daniel B. Marcum and W. Paul Gorenzel

CURRENT (1994) GROUND SQUIRREL CONTROL PRACTICES IN CALIFORNIA, Rex E. Marsh

DEVELOPING AN ELECTRIFIED FENCE TO EXCLUDE RABBITS FROM CROPS, Gordon McKillop and Dylan Poole

STOWAWAY TRANSPORT RATES OF HOUSE MICE (MUS DOMESTICUS) AND DEERMICE (PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS)*, Ann Eileen Miller Baker

ASSESSMENT OF TOXIC BAIT EFFICACY IN FIELD TRIALS BY COUNTS OF BURROW OPENINGS, S. Moran and H. Keidar

IMPROVING AERIAL CONTROL OF POSSUMS BY PRECISION BAIT DELIVERY, David R. Morgan

BIRD CONTROL IN NEW ZEALAND USING ALPHA-CHLORALOSE AND DRC1339, Peter C. Nelson

PINDONE FOR RABBIT CONTROL: EFFICACY, RESIDUES AND COST, Peter C. Nelson and Graham J. Hickling

WOLF DEPREDATION MANAGEMENT IN RELATION TO WOLF RECOVERY, Carter C. Niemeyer, E.E. Bangs, S.H. Fritts, J.A. Fontaine, M.D. Jimenez, and W.G. Brewster

POTENTIAL REPELLENTS TO REDUCE DAMAGE BY HERBIVORES, Dale L. Nolte, Dan L. Campbell, and J. Russell Mason

TRAPPING GROUND SQUIRRELS AS A CONTROL METHOD, Ross A. O'Connell

LABORATORY AND FIELD ASSESSMENT OF A CARBON MONOXIDE PRODUCING FUMIGANT CARTRIDGE FOR USE IN THE CONTROL OF RABBITS (ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS), R.J.C. Page

FERAL CAT CONTROL IN BRITAIN; DEVELOPING A RABIES CONTINGENCY STRATEGY, R.J.C. Page and D.H. Bennett

AN OVERVIEW OF AVIAN PREDATION AND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES AT FISH-REARING FACILITIES, James A. Parkhurst

FIELD EVALUATION OF CHEMICAL ATTRACTANTS FOR SUMMER USE ON M-44S1, Robert L. Phillips and F. Sherman Blom

RACUMIN PLUS , A NEW PROMISING RODENTICIDE AGAINST RATS AND MICE, Reiner Pospischil and Hans-Jurgen Schnorbach

PREDICTING THE OUTCOME OF RODENTICIDE TRIALS AGAINST NORWAY RATS LIVING ON FARMS, Roger J. Quy, David P. Cowan, Peter Haynes, Ian R. Bmglis, and Tom Swinney

EFFECTIVE PERIOD FOR CONTROL OF THE BROWN SPINY FIELD MOUSE (MUS PLANTYTHRIX) IN DRY LAND CROPS, G. Govinda Raj

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS IN APHIS'S VERTEBRATE PESTICIDES - USE AND REREGISTRATION STATUS, Craig A. Ramey, Edward W. Schaffer Jr., Kathleen A. Fagerstone, and Steven D. Palmateer

POLICY CONSIDERATIONS FOR CONTRACEPTION IN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, Wendy A. Sanborn, Robert H. Schmidt, and Herbert C. Freeman

REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR NON-TOXIC NATURAL PRODUCTS AS ANIMAL DAMAGE CONTROL AGENTS, Stephen A. Schumake

THE PROSPECTS AND ASSOCIATED CHALLENGES FOR THE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF RODENTS, Grant R. Singleton

WILD CARNIVORES AS PLAGUE INDICATORS IN CALIFORNIA - A COOPERATIVE INTERAGENCY DISEASE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM, Charles R. Smith

GROUND SQUIRREL MANAGEMENT IN THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST, Robyn K. Spano

ZINC PHOSPHIDE: IMPLICATIONS OF OPTIMAL FORAGING THEORY AND PARTICLE-DOSE ANALYSES TO EFFICACY, ACCEPTANCE, BAIT SHYNESS, AND NON-TARGET HAZARDS, Ray T. Sterner

CLOSING REMARKS - SIXTEENTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE, Robert M. Timm

SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON WILDLIFE DAMAGE CONTROL, Robert M. Timm

EFFECTS OF INITIAL RAT CAPTURES ON SUBSEQUENT CAPTURE SUCCESS OF TRAPS, Mark E. Tobin, Robert T. Sugihara, and Richard M. Engeman

RODENT PESTS IN COLOMBIAN AGRICULTURE, Danblo Valencia, Donald J. Elias, and Jorge A. Ospina

ReJeX-iTTM AG-36 AS BIRD AVERSION AGENT FOR TURF AND AGRICULTURE, Peter F. Vogt

USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR TRACKING AN URBAN RODENT CONTROL PROGRAM, Matt von Wahlde and Bruce A. Colvin

AN APPROACH TO CONTROLLING GOLDEN EAGLE PREDATION ON LAMBS IN SOUTH DAKOTA, Blair C. Watte and Robert L. Phillips

ACTIVITY PATTERNS OF THE POCKET GOPHER PAPPOGEOMYS MERRIAMI MERRIAMI IN A MEXICAN RANGELAND, Desley Whisson and Beatriz Villa-C.

NATURAL HISTORY AND PROTECTION OF BURROWING OWLS, Clark S. Winchell

ALPHA-CHLORALOSE: CURRENT STATUS, RESTRICTIONS AND FUTURE USES FOR CAPTURING BIRDS, Paul P. Woronecki and Richard A. Dolbeer

SUPPLEMENTAL BEAR FEEDING PROGRAM IN WESTERN WASHINGTON, Georg J. Ziegltrum