Held at the MONTEREY SHERATON HOTEL, Monterey, California, March 1,2 & 3, 1988. Arranged by the VERTEBRATE PEST COUNCIL of the VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE. Proceedings Editors: A. CHARLES CRABB and REX E. MARSH; Assistant Editors: TERRELL P. SALMON and DOROTHY E. BEADLE. Cover illustration by Barbara Fox. Published at the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, November 1988.

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1988

CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS: Thirteenth Vertebrate Pest Conference,

Frontmatter for volume of Proceedings of the Thirteenth Vertebrate Pest Conference 1988,

REDUCTION IN RODENT POPULATIONS THROUGH INTERMITTENT CONTROL OPERATIONS IN THE CROPPING ECOSYSTEM OF THE INDIAN DESERT, Ranjan Advani, Ishwar Prakash, and R. P. Mathur

PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDS — THEIR IMPORTANCE IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE BIRD MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS, Charles W. Areson

A TWO YEAR STUDY OF THE PHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF VOLES (Microtus montanus) ON MIXED MATURITY APPLE (Malus spp.) ORCHARDS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES, Leonard R. Askham

FLIGHT PEN EVALUATION OF EYESPOT BALLOONS TO PROTECT CITRUS FROM BIRD DEPREDATIONS, Michael L. Avery, Dennis E. Daneke, David G. Decker, Paul W. Lefebvre, Raymond E. Matteson, and Curtis O. Nelms

ANIMAL RIGHTS AND VERTEBRATE PEST CONTROL, Dale L. Brooks

CHARACTERISTICS OF DAMAGE BY VERTEBRATE PESTS TO GROUNDNUTS IN PAKISTAN, Joe E. Brooks, Ejaz Ahmad, and Iftikhar Hussain

FIELD EVALUATION OF QUINTOX (CHOLECALCIFEROL) FOR CONTROLLING COMŽMENSAL RODENTS, L. Dawn Brown and E. F. Marshall

BIRD DAMAGE TO SPROUTING RICE IN LOUISIANA: DYNAMICS OF THE MILLERS LAKE BLACKBIRD ROOST, Kristin E. Brugger

A FIELD METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE PALATABILITY OF RODENTICIDAL BAITS, A. P. Buckle and D. E. Kaukeinen

CHARACTERISTICS OF BIRD-RESISTANCE IN AGRICULTURAL CROPS , Roger W. Bullard

LARGE LIVESTOCK PROTECTION COLLARS EFFECTIVE AGAINST COYOTES, Richard J. Burns, Guy Connolly, and Peter J. Savarie

RECENT APPROACHES TO CONTROLLING MOUNTAIN BEAVERS (Aplodontia rufa) IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST FORESTS, Dan L. Campbell and James Evans

M-44 SODIUM CYANIDE EJECTORS IN THE ANIMAL DAMAGE CONTROL PROGRAM, 1976-1986, Guy Connolly

A DECADE OF USE OF LIVESTOCK GUARDING DOGS, Raymond Coppinger, Lorna Coppinger, Gail Langeloh, Lori Gettler, and Jay Lorenz

OPENING REMARKS -- THIRTEENTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE, A. Charles Crabb

THE IMPACT OF WILDLIFE DAMAGE ON WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN WISCONSIN, Scott R. Craven

PROLONGED SEED HANDLING TIME DETERS RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS FEEDING ON RICE SEED, Dennis Daneke and David G. Decker

CLOSING REMARKS FOR THE THIRTEENTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE, Lewis R. Davis

MANAGEMENT OF FRUIT BAT AND RAT POPULATIONS IN THE MALDIVE ISLANDS, INDIAN OCEAN, Richard R. Dolbeer, Lynwood R. Fiedler, and Hussain Rasheed

AERIAL TREATMENTS AGAINST STARLING ROOSTS IN FRANCE WITH CHLORO-PARA-TOLUIDIN (CPT): RESULTS OF EIGHT YEARS OF EXPERIMENTS, P. Douville de Franssu, P. Gramet, G. Grolleau, and A. Such

DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF THE COYOTE LURE OPERATIVE DEVICE, Daniel B. Fagre and Steven M. Ebbert

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE OF CATTLE EGRETS TO POPULATION CONTROL MEASURES IN HAWAII, David P. Fellows and Peter W. C. Paton

PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH BEAVER IN STREAM OR FLOODWAY MANAGEMENT, Wendy S. Fitzgerald and Ronald A. Thompson

SOLUTIONS TO URBAN BIRD PROBLEMS, William D. Fitzwater

PHOTONOVELS PRODUCED BY CLIENT/PROFESSIONAL PARTNERSHIPS: AN EDUCATIONAL APPROACH TO COMMENSAL VERTEBRATE IPM, Stephen C. Frantz, John P. Comings, and Debra L. Roter

RECOGNIZING BLACK BEAR DAMAGE TO SECOND GROWTH REDWOODS, Gregory A. Giusti

USING AIRCRAFT FOR CONTROLLING BLACKBIRD/SUNFLOWER DEPREDATIONS, Larry L. Handegard

CONTROLLING SHINY COWBIRDS IN PUERTO RICO, Jon F. Heisterberg and Fernando Nunez-Garcia

EFFICACY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF FLOCOUMAFEN (STORM) WAX BLOCK BAITS USED FOR RICE FIELD RAT CONTROL IN THE PHILIPPINES., Melanda M. Hoque and Jaime L. Olvida

TERRESTRIAL MAMMALIAN PESTS IN ARGENTINA—AN OVERVIEW, John E. Jackson

LD50 DETERMINATION OF ZINC PHOSPHIDE TOXICITY FOR HOUSE MICE AND ALBINO LABORATORY MICE, Li Jing-Hui and Rex E. Marsh

PESTICIDES, SCIENTISTS, FARMERS, AND THE PUBLIC: NO "WHITE KNIGHT" RESCUE IN SIGHT, PAMELA JONES

AN EVALUATION OF MODIFIED 4-AMINOPYRIDINE BAITS FOR PROTECTING SUNFLOWER FROM BLACKBIRD DAMAGE, C. Edward Knittle, John L. Cummings, George M. Linz, and Jerome F. Besser

STOPPING HOUSE MICE BUILDING INFESTATIONS THROUGH EXTERIOR CONTROL , Charles E. Knote

INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN THE CONTROL OF QUELEA, Ouelea auelea lathimii. IN ZIMBABWE, Mike LaGrange

RICE AS A TRAP CROP FOR THE RICE FIELD RAT IN MALAYSIA, Y. M. Lam

PREDATORS AND SHEEP MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, Stephanie Larson and Terrell P. Salmon

CONTROLLING WILDLIFE DAMAGE: CAN COMPUTERS HELP?, Leanne W. Las Arow

ACTIVITY OF LM 2219 (DIFETHIALONE), A NEW ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDE, IN COMMENSAL RODENTS, J. C. Lechevin and Richard M. Poche

FIELD EVALUATION OF PADDED JAW COYOTE TRAPS: EFFECTIVENESS AND FOOT INJURY, Samuel B. Linhart, F. Sherman Blom, Gary J. Dasch, Richard M. Engeman, and Glenn H. Olsen

FLOCOUMAFEN -- A NEW ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDE , M. Lund

VITAMIN Kt TREATMENT OF BRODIFACOUM POISONING IN DOGS, C. G. Mackintosh, F. J. Laas, M. E. R. Godfrey, and K. Turner

URBAN WILDLIFE: CAN WE LIVE WITH THEM?, Wayne R. Marion

ATTRACTIVENESS OF CARBON DISULFIDE TO WILD NORWAY RATS, J. Russell Mason, N. Jay Bean, and Bennett G. Galef Jr.

EFFICACY OF TRIMETHAC ARB AS A SMALL MAMMAL REPELLENT IN NO-TILL CORN PLANTINGS, George H. Matschke, William R. Bonwell, and Richard M. Engeman

THE OPERATION OF COORDINATED RABBIT CONTROL ORGANIZATIONS IN ENGLAND AND WALES, I. G. McKillop

VERTEBRATE PESTICIDES AND NONTARGET WILDLIFE LOSSES IN PROPER PERSPECTIVE, James E. Miller

BADGERS (Taxidea taxus) AS OCCASIONAL PESTS IN AGRICULTURE, Steven C. Minta and Rex E. Marsh

COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF TAMPER-PROOF MOUSE BAIT STATIONS, Karl D. Morris and Dale E. Kaukeinen

ALLEVIATING NUISANCE CANADA GOOSE PROBLEMS WITH ACOUSTICAL STIMULI, Donald F. Mott and Shirley K. Timbrook

HEALTH RISKS TO HUMANS AND DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK POSED BY FERAL PIGS (Sus scrofa) IN NORTH QUEENSLAND, Peter M. Pavlov

DISTRIBUTION AND MAGNITUDE OF EAGLE/LIVESTOCK CONFLICTS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, Robert L. Phillips and F. Sheridan Blom

THE BIOLOGY OF DOMESTIC RATS: TELEMETRY YIELDS INSIGHTS FOR PEST CONŽTROL, Michael A. Recht

RODENTICIDE RESIDUES IN ANIMAL CARCASSES AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO SECONDARY HAZARDS, C. Raymond Record and Rex E. Marsh

BREEDING BIRCHES FOR RESISTANCE TO RODENT AND HARE DAMAGE , Matti Rousi, Jorma Tahvan Ainen, Riitta Julkunen-Tiitto, and Ulrika Kurten

STATUS OF BROMETHALIN OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES , S. R. Spaulding and H. Spannring

OBSERVATION OF WOODPECKER DAMAGE TO ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION LINE POLES IN MISSOURI, Lyle A. Stemmerman

INTRODUCED ANIMALS IN HAWAII'S NATURAL AREAS, Charles P. Stone and Stephen J. Anderson

DETERMINATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL FATE OF GROUND SQUIRREL CARCASSES, Daniel Sullivan

PREDATOR ODORS AND THEIR POTENTIAL ROLE IN MANAGING PEST RODENTS AND RABBITS, Thomas P. Sullivan, Druscilla S. Sullivan, Douglas R. Crump, Hal Weiser, and Elisabeth A. Dixon

ATTITUDE CHANGE TOWARD VERTEBRATE PEST CONTROL, Robert M. Timm and SAnford D. Schemnitz

THE PEST CONTROL INDUSTRY AND THE CHALLENGES AHEAD , LEE C. TRUMAN

EFFECTS OF IMPLEMENTING EPA'S ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION PROGRAM ON NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS, Shelley Witt, Glen Contreras, and Max M. Ollieu

EFFECT OF ULTRASONIC, VISUAL, AND SONIC DEVICES ON PIGEON NUMBERS IN A VACANT BUILDING, Paul P. Woronecki