March 7-9, 1972
Fresno, California
Sponsored by the California Vertebrate Pest Committee
Proceedings editor: Rex E. Marsh



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1972

Conference Participants, Fifth Vertebrate Pest Conference (1972)

Contents, Committees, and Frontmatter

EXPERIMENTAL POPULATION SUPPRESSION OF RICHARDSON'S GROUND SQUIRRELS (Spermophilus richardsonii) IN ALBERTA, Dale E. Alsager and Robert Yaremko

MUSKRATS IN CENTRAL EUROPE AND THEIR CONTROL, Kurt Becker

FACTORS RELATING TO ALARM STIMULI IN BIRD CONTROL, Gordon W. Boudreau

AN INNOVATION IN ROOF RAT CONTROL, Donald R. Brothers

THE STRATEGY FOR CONTROLLING RODENT DAMAGE TO PINES IN THE CANADIAN MID-WEST, C. H. Buckner

THE INFLUENCE OF ATTRACTANTS AND REPELLENTS ON THE FEEDING BEHAVIOUR OF Rattus norvegicus, J. O. Bull

A PREFERENCE-TESTING SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING REPELLENTS FOR BLACK-TAILED DEER, Dan L. Campbell and Roger W. Bullard

THE EXTENDING OF COTTON RAT RANGE IN CALIFORNIA - THEIR LIFE HISTORY AND CONTROL, Dell O. Clark

WHAT’S AHEAD IN PREDATOR MANAGEMENT, Maynard W. Cummings

RAT REDUCTION WITH INDIGENOUS METHODS, P. J. Deoras

TOLERANCE SHOWN BY Rattus rattus TO AN ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDE, P. J. Deoras, G. C. Chaturvedi, N. E. Vad, and D. M. Renapurkar

BARRIER FENCING IN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, William D. Fitzwater

METHIOCARB, A CHEMICAL BIRD REPELLENT: A REVIEW OF ITS EFFECTIVENESS ON CROPS, Joseph L. Guarino

THE EXTENSION TRAPPER SYSTEM IN KANSAS, F. Robert Henderson

ZINC PHOSPHIDE−A NEW LOOK AT AN OLD RODENTICIDE FOR FIELD RODENTS, Glenn A. Hood

THE PROBLEM OF ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDE RESISTANCE IN THE UNITED STATES, William B. Jackson and Dale E. Kaukeinen

CLOSING REMARKS - FIFTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE, Warren V. Johnson

HOUSE MOUSE BEHAVIOR AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO CONTROL, W. D. Klimstra

THE NEED OF SURFACE SPRAYS FOR THE CONTROL OF MICROTINE RODENTS, Mogens Lund

COMMENSAL RODENT CONTROL, D. R. Maddock and H. F. Schoof

OPENING REMARKS - FIFTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE, Rex E. Marsh

STARLING CONTROL IN SONOMA COUNTY, HArry F. McCracken

BIRD DAMAGE TO PEANUTS AND METHODS FOR ALLEVIATING THE PROBLEM, Donald F. Mott, Jerome F. Besser, Richard R. West, and John W. DeGrazio

EFFICACY TESTING OF VERTEBRATE PEST CONTROL AGENTS, Paul Ochs

VERTEBRATE PESTS IN NEW ZEALAND; RESEARCH AND CONTROL, J. Andrew Peters

PROTECTING CONIFEROUS SEEDS FROM RODENTS, Andrew Radvanyi

STATUS AND CONTROL OF NUTRIA IN CALIFORNIA, Frank Schitoskey Jr., James Evans, and G. Keith LaVoie

AVIAN THERMOREGULATION AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN STARLING CONTROL, Robert G. Schwab and Vincent F. Schafer

SOME APPROACHES TO CONTROLLING DEPREDATIONS BY CROWS AND JAYS IN TULARE COUNTY, George Simpson

KEYNOTE ADDRESS - VERTEBRATES: A RESOURCE NEEDING MANAGEMENT, Donald A. Spencer

GOOD PRACTICE STATEMENTS−DEVELOPING GUIDELINES FOR THE SAFE AND EFFICIENT USE OF PESTICIDES, Harold S. Stein Jr.

RELATED LAWS ON EXOTIC AND NATIVE WILD ANIMALS, Donald F. Stork

METHODOLOGY FOR MEASURING TASTE AND ODOR PREFERENCE OF RODENTS, R. D. Thompson, S. A. Shumake, and R. W. Bullard

THE OREGON GROUND SQUIRREL IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA; ITS ADAPTATION TO A CHANGING AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT, Loring White