PROCEEDINGS: EIGHTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE
Red Lion Motor Inn Sacramento, California
March 7, 8 and 9, 1978
EDITOR: WALTER E. HOWARD
ASSISTANT EDITOR: REX E. MARSH

Published at University of California, Davis, California 95616
Arranged by the Vertebrate Pest Council of the Vertebrate Pest Conference

1978

8th Vertebrate Pest Conference 1978 Frontmatter

Conference Participants

SOME PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE CONTROL OF BIRD DAMAGE IN SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA , M. Akande

THE CHANGING RODENT PEST FAUNA IN EGYPT, A. Maher Ali

"VEXAR" PLASTIC NETTING TO REDUCE POCKET GOPHER DEPREDATION OF CONIFER SEEDLINGS, Richard M. Anthony, Victor G. Barnes Jr., and James Evans

RODENT POPULATION CONTROL FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, Allan M. Barnes

THE BLACK-BREASTED LARK (Melanocorypha bimaculata), A PEST OF SORGHUM IN BUTANA REGION, GEZIRA PROVINCE, SUDAN , El Sadwig Awad Beshir

IMPROVEMENTS IN THE USE OF 4-AMINOPYRIDINE FOR PROTECTING AGRICULTURAL CROPS FROM BIRDS, Jerome F. Besser

CONTROL OF THE HOUSE MOUSE (Mus musculus L.) IN THE NETHERLANDS, B.T. Bosman

ESTABLISHING NATIVE FORBS TO REDUCE BLACK-TAILED DEER BROWSING DAMAGE TO DOUGLAS-FIR, Dan L. Campbell and James Evans

CONTROL OF GROUND SQUIRRELS IN CALIFORNIA USING ANTICOAGULANT TREATED BAITS, Dell O. Clark

CLOSING REMARKS—EIGHTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE, Jerry P. Clark

TOXIC COLLAR FOR CONTROL OF SHEEP-KILLING COYOTES: A PROGRESS REPORT, Guy E. Connolly, Richard E. Griffiths Jr., and Peter J. Savarie

BIRD DAMAGE RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, A. Charles Crabb

A PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAM ON PREDATOR DAMAGE CONTROL, David S. DeCalesta

WORLD BIRD DAMAGE PROBLEMS, John W. De Grazio

AVERSIVE CONDITIONING TESTS OF BLACK BEARS IN BEEYARDS FAILED, Michael J. Dorrance and Lawrence D. Roy

BRODIFACOUM (TALON™ RODENTICIDE), A NOVEL CONCEPT, A.C. Dubock and D.E. Kaukeinen

ELECTROMAGNETIC REPELLERS—FACT OR FICTION?, William D. Fitzwater

MANAGEMENT OF BLACKBIRD AND STARLING WINTER ROOST PROBLEMS IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE, Kenneth M. Garner

CONTROL OF THE MULTIMAMMATE RAT, Mastomys natalensis (A. SMITH) IN THE IRRIGATED FIELDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI, Jacques Giban

VERTEBRATE PEST CONTROL IN URBAN/SUBURBAN AREAS, Ronald M. Gilman

DAMAGES CAUSED BY COTTON RAT, Sigmodon hispidus zanjonensis, ON SUGAR CANE IN SAN PEDRO SULA, HONDURAS , A. Gonzalez Romero, G. Tello Sandoval, J. Sernasecundino, and V.M. Aguilar Ramirez

COYOTES, SHEEP AND LITHIUM CHLORIDE, Richard E. Griffiths Jr., Guy E. Connolly, Richard J. Burns, and Ray T. Sterner

COUNTY PROGRAMS FOR VERTEBRATE PEST CONTROL IN CALIFORNIA, M. Hugh Handley

VERTEBRATE CONTROL CHEMICALS: CURRENT STATUS OF REGISTRATIONS, REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTIONS AGAINST REGISTRATIONS, AND EFFECTS ON USERS, Glenn A. Hood

OPENING COMMENTS—EIGHTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE—AND THE STABILITY OF VERTEBRATE POPULATIONS IN MAN-MODIFIED HABITATS, Walter E. Howard

RID-A-BIRD PERCHES TO CONTROL BIRD DAMAGE, William B. Jackson

ANTICOAGULANT BAITING FOR JACKRABBIT CONTROL, John C. Johnston

WARFARIN BAITS BAGGING TO CONTROL THE POPULATION OF COTTON RATS IN FIELD CROPS IN SINALOA, MEXICO, C. Martinez-Palacios, C. Chavez-Sanchez, R. Ituarte-Soto, and A. Marquez Moreno

RODENTICIDAL ACTIVITY OF BROMADIOLONE—A NEW ANTICOAGULANT, Adrian P. Meehan

GRANIVOROUS BIRDS IN SUNFLOWER CROPS, Andre Meylan

VERTEBRATE PEST CONTROL, WHERE FROM HERE?, Raymond M. Momboisse

AGRICULTURAL PESTS DESTRUCTION MOVEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND, Peter C. Nelson

PRESENT AND HISTORICAL BOBCAT POPULATION TRENDS IN NEW MEXICO AND THE WEST, Gary Lee Nunley

CHOPPED CABBAGE BAITS FOR GROUND SQUIRREL CONTROL IN NEVADA, John O'Brien

SHEEP DEPREDATION BY GOLDEN EAGLES IN MONTANA, Bart W. O'Gara

VACOR®, A NEW RODENTICIDE: ITS SUCCESS IN THE FIELD, David L. Peardon

GROUND SQUIRREL AND PRAIRIE DOG CONTROL IN MONTANA, C. Raymond Record

PHEROMONES: THEIR POTENTIAL FOR GROUND SQUIRREL CONTROL, Terrell P. Salmon

RODENTS AS AGRICULTURAL PESTS IN MEXICO—NATIONAL RODENT CAMPAIGN, Federico Sanches Navarete

BIOLOGY, DAMAGE AND CONTROL OF THE EDIBLE DORMOUSE (Glis glis L.) IN CENTRAL ITALY, L. Santini

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN BIRD DAMAGE CONTROL CHEMICALS, Edward W. Schaffer Jr.

THE POTENTIAL OF COMPOUND U-12171 AS AN AVIAN REPELLENT, Robert G. Schwab

POPULATION MODELING AS AID TO RODENT CONTROL IN THE FIELD, Francois Spitz

REPRODUCTIVE INHIBITORS FOR COYOTE POPULATION CONTROL: DEVELOPMENTS AND CURRENT STATUS, John N. Stellflug, Norman L. Gates, and R. Garth Sasser

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CONIFER SEED DAMAGE BY THE DEER MOUSE (Peromyscus maniculatus), Thomas P. Sullivan

WILDLIFE AS VECTORS IN DISEASES: APPROACHES TO SOLVING THESE PROBLEMS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, Harry V. Thompson

MUSKRAT CONTROL IN THE NETHERLANDS, W.J. Doude van Troostwijk

CHANGING STATUS OF MOUNTAIN LION IN CALIFORNIA AND LIVESTOCK DEPREDATION PROBLEMS, Richard A. Weaver

INFLUENCES ON THE SCIENCE OF ANIMAL DAMAGE CONTROL, John R. Wood