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1998

DEVELOPMENT OF SEED TREATMENTS TO CONTROL BLACKBIRDS, Michael L. Avery, David Decker, and John S. Humphrey

MANAGEMENT OF CONFLICTS BETWEEN URBAN COYOTES AND HUMANS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Rex O. Baker and Robert M. Timm

EVALUATION OF ELECTRONIC FRIGHTENING DEVICES AS WHITE-TAILED DEER DETERRENTS, Jerrold L. Belant, Thomas W. Seamans, and Laura A. Tyson

PREDATOR URINES AS CHEMICAL BARRIERS TO WHITE-TAILED DEER, Jerrold L. Belant, Thomas W. Seamans, and Laura A. Tyson

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR ROOF RATS IN HAWAIIAN MACADAMIA ORCHARDS, Earl W. Campbell III, Ann E. Koehler, and Robert T. Sugihara

REVIEW OF BIRD REPELLENTS, Larry Clark

POTENTIAL BIRD REPELLENTS TO REDUCE BIRD DAMAGE TO LETTUCE SEED AND SEEDLINGS, John L. Cummings, Patricia A. Pochop, Christi A. Yoder, and James E. Davis Jr.

FERTILITY CONTROL IN COYOTES: IS IT A POTENTIAL MANAGEMENT TOOL?, Thomas J. De Liberto, Eric M. Gese, Frederick F. Knowlton, J. Russell Mason, Michael R. Conover, Lowell Miller, Robert H. Schmidt, and Michael K. Holland

POPULATION DYNAMICS: THE FOUNDATION OF WILDLIFE DAMAGE MANAGEMENT FOR THE 21st CENTURY, Richard A. Dolbeer

WILDLIFE INFORMATION SOURCES AND SEARCH METHODS ON THE INTERNET, Diana L. Dwyer

STATUS OF APHIS VERTEBRATE PESTICIDES AND DRUGS, Kathleen A. Fagerstone and Edward W. Schafer Jr.

TRACING THE HISTORY OF BLACKBIRD RESEARCH THROUGH AN INDUSTRY'S LOOKING GLASS: THE SUNFLOWER MAGAZINE, George M. Linz and H. Jeffrey Homan

MAMMAL REPELLENTS: OPTIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT, J. Russell Mason

EVALUATION OF ACROLEIN AS A FUMIGANT FOR CONTROLLING NORTHERN POCKET GOPHERS, George H. Matschke, Geraldine R. McCann, and Rebecca A. Doane

THE IMPACT OF TIMBER MANAGEMENT ON THE PHYTOCHEMICALS ASSOCIATED WITH BLACK BEAR DAMAGE, Dale L. Nolte, Bruce A. Kimball, and Georg J. Ziegltrum

MANAGING ISLAND BIOTAS: BROWN TREESNAKE CONTROL USING BARRIER TECHNOLOGY, Gad Perry, Earl W. Campbell III, Gordon H. Rodda, and Thomas H. Fritts

COMPARISON OF WHITE MINERAL OIL AND CORN OIL TO REDUCE HATCHABILITY IN RING-BILLED GULL EGGS, Patrica A. Pochop, John L. Cummings, Christi A. Yoder, and John E. Steuber

EFFECTS OF TASTE STIMULI (QUININE AND SUCROSE) IN PELLETED GRANULATED, AND WAX BLOCK BAITS ON FEEDING PREFERENCES OF NORTHERN POCKET GOPHERS (THOMOMYS TALPOIDES), Stephen A. Schumake and Geraldine R. McCann

THE BAIT SURCHARGE PROGRAM: RESEARCH IMPROVES ZINC PHOSPHIDE USE FOR VOLE CONTROL IN ALFALFA, Ray T. Sterner

THE USE OF AEROSOL REPELLENTS AS AN AVIAN DETERRENT STRATEGY, Gwen R. Stevens, Larry Clark, and Richard A. Weber

RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT OF BIRD DEPREDATIONS AT CATFISH FARMS, Mark E. Tobin

RAT MANAGEMENT FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, Gary W. Witmer, Earl W. Campbell III, and Frank Boyd

PORCUPINE DAMAGE AND REPELLENT RESEARCH IN THE INTERIOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST, Gary W. Witmer and Michael J. Pipas

DEER ON AIRPORTS: AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN, Sandra E. Wright, Richard A. Dolbeer, and Andrew J. Montoney