The mission of USDA APHIS Wildlife Services (WS) is to provide federal leadership and expertise to resolve wildlife conflicts to allow people and wildlife to coexist. Wildlife Services conducts program delivery, research, and other activities through its regional and state offices, the National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC), its field stations, as well as through its national programs.

2012

Evaluation of Remote Delivery of Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) Technology to Mark Large Mammals, W. David Walter, Charles W. Anderson, and Kurt C. Vercauteren

Using three-dimensional flight patterns at airfields to identify hotspots for avian-aircraft collisions, W. David Walter, Justin W. Fischer, John S. Humphrey, Trey S. Daughtery, Michael P. Milleson, Eric A. Tillman, and Michael L. Avery

Using three-dimensional flight patterns at airfields to identify hotspots for avianeaircraft collisions, W. David Walter, Justin W. Fischer, John S. Humphrey, Trey S. Daughtery, Michael P. Milleson, Eric A. Tillman, and Michael L. Avery

Are Turf-type Tall Fescue Cultivars Useful for Reducing Wildlife Hazards in Airport Environments?, Brian E. Washburn

Avian use of solid waste transfer stations, Brian E. Washburn

Corrigendum to “Avian use of solid waste transfer stations” [Landscape Urban Plan. 104 (2012) 388–394], Brian E. Washburn

Historical And Current Status Of Laughing Gulls Breeding In New York State, Brian E. Washburn, Martin S. Lowney, and Allen L. Gosser

Foraging Preferences of Canada Geese Among Turfgrasses: Implications for Reducing Human–Goose Conflicts, Brian E. Washburn and Thomas W. Seamans

The role of a generalized ultraviolet cue for blackbird food selection, Scott J. Werner, Shelagh K. Tupper, James C. Carlson, Susan E. Pettit, Jeremy W. Ellis, and George M. Linz

Introduction: Double-crested Cormorants of the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence River Basin: Recent Studies, Movements and Responses to Management Actions, D.V. Chip Weseloh, Francesca J. Cuthbert, and D. Tommy King

Beyond use versus availability: behaviour-explicit resource selection, Ryan R. Wilson, Lynne Gilbert-Norton, and Eric M. Gese

Eradication of Invasive Rodents on Islands of the United States, Gary W. Witmer

Effects of Turf Rolling and Soil Aeration on Rodent Populations, Gary W. Witmer and David Borrowman

Vertebrate Species Introductions in the United States and its Territories, Gary W. Witmer and Pam Fuller

Deer Mice (Peromyscus spp.) Biology, Damage and Management: A Review, Gary W. Witmer and Rachael S. Moulton

Rodent Burrow Systems in North America: Problems Posed and Potential Solutions, Gary W. Witmer, Rachael S. Moulton, and Jenna L. Swartz

Voles Damage Seedlings, But Do Deer Mice and House Mice?, Gary W. Witmer, Rachael S. Moulton, and Jenna L. Swartz

An Assessment of Richardson’s Ground Squirrel Activity and Potential Barriers to Limit Access to Sensitive Sites at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, Gary W. Witmer, Rachael Moulton, Jenna Swartz, and Jason Gibbons

Invasive Rodents In The United States: Ecology, Impacts, And Management, Gary W. Witmer and William C. Pitt

The Introduction, Impacts, And Management of a Large, Invasive, Aquatic Rodent In The United States, Gary W. Witmer, Trevor R. Sheffels, and Stephen R. Kendrot

An assessment of seedling damage by wild house mice (Mus musculus) and wild deer mice (Peromyscus spp.), Gary W. Witmer, Nathan P. Snow, Rachael S. Moulton, and Jenna L. Swartz

Movement and Habitat Use of Feral Swine Near Domestic Swine Facilities, A. Christy Wyckoff, Scott E. Henke, Tyler A. Campbell, David G. Hewitt, and Kurt C. VerCauteren

Estimates of Energy and Prey Requirements of Wolverines, Julie K. Young, Brian Hudgens, and David K. Garcelon

2011

Wild Dogma: An Examination Of Recent "Evidence" For Dingo Regulation Of Invasive Mesopredator Release In Australia., Benjamin L. Allen, Richard M. Engeman, and Lee R. Allen

Wild Dogma II: The Role And Implications Of Wild Dogma For Wild Dog Management In Australia., Benjamin L. Allen, Richard M. Engeman, and Lee R. Allen

Partitioning Of Anthropogenic Watering Sites By Desert Carnivores., Todd C. Atwood, Tricia L. Fry, and Bruce Leland

Modeling Connectivity of Black Bears in a Desert Sky Island Archipelago, Todd C. Atwood, Julie K. Young, Jon P. Beckmann, Stewart W. Breck, Jennifer A. Fike, Olin E. Rhodes Jr., and Kirby D. Bristow

Hair of the Dog: Obtaining Samples From Coyotes and Wolves Noninvasively, David E. Ausband, Julie K. Young, Barbara Fannin, Michael S. Mitchell, Jennifer L. Stenglen, Lizette P. Waits, and John A. Shivik

Acetaminophen and Zinc Phosphide For Lethal Management of Invasive Lizards Ctenosaura similis , Michael L. Avery, John D. Eisemann, Kandy L. Keacher, and Peter J. Savarie

Vulture Flight Behavior and Implications for Aircraft Safety, Michael L. Avery, John S. Humphrey, Trey S. Daughtery, Justin W. Fischer, Michael P. Milleson, Eric A. Tillman, William E. Bruce, and W. David Walter

Persistent Infection or Successive Reinfection of Deer Mice with Bartonella vinsonii subsp. arupensis, Ying Bai, Charles H. Calisher, Michael Y. Kosoy, J. Jeffrey Root, and Jeffrey B. Doty

The Carrot Or The Stick? Evaluation Of Education And Enforcement As Management Tools For Human-Wildlife Conflicts., Sharon Baruch-Mordo, Stewart W. Breck, Kenneth R. Wilson, and John Broderick

Active Use of Coyotes (Canis latrans) To Detect Bovine Tuberculosis In Northeastern Michigan, USA, Are R. Berentsen, Michael R. Dunbar, Shylo R. Johnson, S. Robbe-Austerman, L. Martinez, and R. L. Jones

Interface Between Black-footed Ferret Research And Operational Conservation., Dean E. Biggins, Travis M. Livieri, and Stewart W. Breck

White-Tailed Deer Incidents With U.S. Civil Aircraft, Kirsten M. Biondi, Jerrold L. Belant, James A. Martin, Travis L. Devault, and Guiming Wang

Baylisascariasis fact sheet, Emily L. Blizzard

Domestic Calf Mortality And Producer Detection Rates In The Mexican Wolf Recovery Area: Implications For Livestock Management And Carnivore Compensation Schemes., Stewart W. Breck, Bryan M. Kluever, Michael Panasci, John Oakleaf, Terry Johnson, Warren B. Ballard, Larry Howery, and David L. Bergman

Annual Seroprevalence of Yersinia pestis in Coyotes as Predictors of Interannual Variation in Reports of Human Plague Cases in Arizona, United States, Heidi E. Brown, Craig E. Levy, Russell E. Enscore, Martin E. Schriefer, Thomas J. DeLiberto, Kenneth L. Gage, and Rebecca J. Eisen

Natal Colony Site Fidelity Of Herring Gulls At Sandusky Bay, Ohio., Bruce N. Buckingham and Benjamin Bacak

The Relative Abundance of Deer Mice with Antibody to Sin Nombre Virus Corresponds to the Occurrence of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Nearby Humans, Charles H. Calisher, James N. Mills, J. Jeffrey Root, Jeffrey B. Doty, and Barry J. Beaty

Absence Of Mycobacterium Bovis In Feral Swine (Sus Scrofa) From The Southern Texas Border Region., Tyler A. Campbell, David B. Long, Luiz R. Bazan, Bruce V. Thomsen, SueLee Robbe-Austerman, Ronald B. Davey, Liza A. Soliz, Seth Swafford, and Kurt C. Vercauteren

Efficacy Of The Boar-Operated-System To Deliver Baits To Feral Swine., Tyler A. Campbell, David B. Long, and Giovanna Massei

Diseases and Parasites [of White-tailed Deer], Tyler A. Campbell and K. C. VerCauteren

Nilgai Antelope In Northern Mexico As A Possible Carrier For Cattle Fever Ticks And Babesia Bovis And Babesia Bigemina., E M. Cardenas-Canales, J. Alfonso Ortega-Santos, Tyler A. Campbell, Zeferino Garcia-Vaquez, Antonio Cantu-Covarrubias, Julio V. Figueroa-Millian, Randy W. DeYoung, David G. Hewitt, and Fred C. Bryant

Rock Pigeon Use Of Livestock Facilities In Northern Colorado: Implications For Improving Farm Bio-Security., James C. Carlson, Larry Clark, Michael F. Antolin, and M. D. Salman

Efficacy Of European Starling Control To Reduce Salmonella Enterica Contamination In A Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation In The Texas Panhandle, James C. Carlson, Richard M. Engeman, Doreene R. Hyatt, Rickey L. Gilliland, Thomas J. DeLiberto, Larry Clark, Michael J. Bodenchuck, and George M. Linz

The role of starlings in the spread of Salmonella within concentrated animal feeding operations, James C. Carlson, Alan B. Franklin, Doreene R. Hyatt, Susan E. Pettit, and George M. Linz

The role of European starlings in the spread of coccidia within concentrated animal feeding operations, James C. Carlson, George M. Linz, Lora R. Ballweber, Stacey A. Elmore, Susan E. Pettit, and Alan B. Franklin

Movements of White-Tailed Deer in Riparian Habitat: Implications for Infectious Diseases, Gregory M. Clements, Scott E. Hygnstrom, Jason M. Gilsdorf, David M. Baasch, Myndi J. Clements, and Kurt C. Vercauteren

Effectiveness of AV-1011® to Reduce Damage to Drill-Planted Rice From Blackbirds, John L. Cummings, Robert W. Byrd, William R. Eddleman, Richard M. Engeman, and Shelagh K. Tupper

Integrative approaches to disease control: the value of international collaborations, Thomas J. Deliberto, Dale L. Nolte, and William (Bill) H. Clay

Chapter 13: Development of a National Early Detection System for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Wild Birds in the United States of America, Thomas J. Deliberto, Seth R. Swafford, and Kyle R. Van Why

Interspecific Variation in Wildlife Hazards to Aircraft: Implications for Airport Wildlife Management, Travis L. DeVault, Jerrold L. Belant, Bradley F. Blackwell, and Thomas W. Seamans

Mesopredators dominate competition for carrion in an agricultural landscape, Travis L. DeVault, Zachary H. Olson, J. C. Beasley, and Olin E. Rhodes Jr.

Phylogenetic Diversity and Genotypical Complexity of H9N2 Influenza A Viruses Revealed by Genomic Sequence Analysis, Guoying Dong, Jing Luo, Hong Zhang, Chengmin Wang, Mingxing Duan, Thomas Jude Deliberto, Dale L. Nolte, Guangju Ji, and Hongxuan He

Reassortant H9N2 Influenza Viruses Containing H5N1- Like PB1 Genes Isolated from Black-Billed Magpies in Southern China, Guoying Dong, Cong Xu, Chengmin Wang, Bin Wu, Jing Luo, Hong Zhang, Dale L. Nolte, Thomas Jude Deliberto, Mingxing Duan, Guangju Ji, and Hongxuan He

Impacts of generalist mesopredators on the demography of small-mammal populations in fragmented landscapes, Timothy S. Eagan II, James C. Beasley, Zachary H. Olson, and Olin E. Rhodes Jr.

Registration Considerations For Chemical Bird Repellents In Fruit Crops, John D. Eisemann, Scott J. Werner, and Jeanette R. O’Hare

Making Contact: Rooting Out the Potential for Exposure of Commercial Production Swine Facilities to Feral Swine in North Carolina, Richard M. Engeman, Carl Betsill, and Tom Ray

An ideal combination for marine turtle conservation: exceptional nesting season, with low nest predation resulting from effective low-cost predator management, Richard M. Engeman, R. Erik Martin, John Woolard, Margo Stahl, Charles Pelizza, Anthony Duffiney, and Bernice Constantin

Black-footed ferret areas of activity during late summer and fall at Meeteetse, Wyoming, Kathleen A. Fagerstone and Dean E. Biggins

Chapter sixteen: Rodents and other vertebrate invaders in the United States, Michael W. Fall, Michael L. Avery, Tyler A. Campbell, Peter J. Egan, Richard M. Engeman, David Pimentel, William C. Pitt, Stephanie A. Shwiff, and Gary W. Witmer

Nutrient Utilization and Diet Preference of American White Pelicans Consuming Either a Mono- or Multi-Species Diet, Treena L. Ferguson, Brian J. Rude, and D. Tommy King

Bird strikes and aircraft fuselage color: a correlational study, Esteban Fernández-Juricic, Jimmy Gaffney, Bradley F. Blackwelll, and Patrice Baumhardt

Testing the Terrain Hypothesis: Canada Geese See Their World Laterally and Obliquely, Esteban Fernández-Juricic, Bret A. Moore, Megan Doppler, Joseph Freeman, Bradley F. Blackwelll, Steven L. Lima, and Travis L. DeVault

Modifying Elk (Cervus elaphus) Behavior With Electric Fencing at Established Fence-Lines to Reduce Disease Transmission Potential, Justin W. Fischer, Gregory E. Phillips, David M. Baasch, Michael J. Lavelle, and Kurt C. Vercauteren

Land use and climate influences on waterbirds in the Prairie Potholes, Greg M. Forcey, Wayne E. Thogmartin, George M. Linz, William J. Bleier, and Patrick C. McKann

A review and synthesis of bird and rodent damage estimates to select California crops, Karen Gebhardt, Aaron M. Anderson, Katy N. Kirkpatrick, and Stephanie A. Shwiff

Good fences make good neighbors: implementation of electric fencing for establishing effective livestock-protection dogs, Thomas M. Gehring, K. C. VerCauteren, and Anna C. Cellar

Efficacy of GnRH Immunocontraception of Wild White-Tailed Deer in New Jersey, James P. Gionfriddo, Anthony J. DeNicola, Lowell A. Miller, and Kathleen A. Fagerstone

Health Effects of GnRH Immunocontraception of Wild White-Tailed Deer in New Jersey, James P. Gionfriddo, Anthony J. DeNicola, Lowell A. Miller, and Kathleen A. Fagerstone

Assessment of Human-Coyote Conflicts: City and County of Broomfield, Colorado, Stan Grant, Julie K. Young, and Seth Riley

Chapter nine: Understanding Declines in Rusty Blackbirds, Russell Greenberg, Dean W. Demarest, Steven M. Matsuoka, Claudia Mettke-Hofmann, David Evers, Paul B. Hamel, Jason Luscier, Luke L. Powell, David Shaw, Michael L. Avery, Keith A. Hobson, Peter J. Blancher, and Daniel K. Niven

Hematozoa and a New Haemoproteid Species from Cathartidae (New World Vulture) in South Carolina, Ellis C. Greiner, Alan M. Fedynich, Stephen L. Webb, Travis L. DeVault, and Olin E. Rhodes Jr.

Determinants of local and migratory movements of Great Lakes double-crested cormorants, Alban Guillaumet; Brian S, Dorr; Guiming Wang; Jimmy D. Taylor II; Richard B. Chipman; Heidi Scherr; Jeff Bowman; Kenneth F. Abraham; Terry J. Doyle; and Elizabeth Cranker

Managing an Invasion: Effective Measures To Control Wild Pigs, Bill Hamrick, Tyler A. Campbell, Billy Higginbotham, and Steven Lapidge

Landscape Genetics of Fishers (Martes pennanti) in the Northeast: Dispersal Barriers and Historical Influences, Paul Hapeman, Emily K. Latch, Jennifer A. Fike, Olin E. Rhodes Jr., and C. William Kilpatrick

The Nebraska Deer Exchange: A Novel Program for Donating Harvested Deer, Aaron M. Hildreth, Scott Hygnstrom, Kit M. Hams, and Kurt C. Vercauteren

Comparing a Bioenergetics Model With Feeding Rates of Caged European Starlings, H. Jeffrey Homan, Randal S. Stahl, and George M. Linz

Assessment of Tannin Variation in Tamarisk Foliage Across a Latitudinal Gradient, Amanda M. Hussey, B. A. Kimball, and Jonathan M. Friedman

Fifteen Years of Urban Deer Management: The Fontenelle Forest Experience, Scott E. Hygnstrom, Gary W. Garabrandt, and Kurt C. Vercauteren

Effects of Seasons and Hunting on Space Use by Female White-Tailed Deer in a Developed Landscape in Southeastern Nebraska, Scott E. Hygnstrom, Kurt C. Vercauteren, Scott R. Groepper, Gary W. Garabrandt, and Joseph A. Gubanyi

Ameliorating The Effects Of The Digenetic Trematode, Bolbophorus damnificus On The Channel Catfish Industry, Lester Khoo, David J. Wise, Linda M. Pote, Andrew J. Mitchell, Todd S. Byars, Marlena C. Yost, Cynthia M. Doffitt, Brian S. Dorr, Barbara A. George, D. Tommy King, Terrill R. Hanson, Craig S. Tucker, Terrence E. Greenway, Matthew J. Griffin, Alvin C. Camus, and Carla C. Panuska

Silvicultural Attempts to Induce Browse Resistance in Conifer Seedlings, B. A. Kimball, Fred Pfund, Mark Gourley, Doreen L. Griffin, and John H. Russell

Assessment of Bird Damage to Sunflower and Corn in North Dakota, Megan E. Klosterman, George M. Linz, Tony A. Slowik, and William J. Bleier

Ontogeny of feeding performance and biomechanics in coyotes, S. S. La Croix, M. L. Zelditch, J. A. Shivik, B. L. Lundrigan, and K. E. Holekamp

Evaluation of Fences for Containing Feral Swine under Simulated Depopulation Conditions, Michael J. Lavelle, Kurt C. Vercauteren, Hefley, Gregory E. Phillips, Scott Hygnstrom, David B. Long, Justin W. Fischer, Seth R. Swafford, and Tyler A. Campbell

Long-term fertility control in female cats with GonaCon™, a GnRH immunocontraceptive, Julie K. Levy, John A. Friary, Lowell A. Miller, Sylvia J. Tucker, and Kathleen A. Fagerstone

Use of glyphosate for managing invasive cattail (Typha spp.) to disperse blackbird (Icteridae) roosts, George M. Linz and H. Jeffrey Homan

Assessment of Bird-management Strategies to Protect Sunflowers, George M. Linz, H. Jeffrey Homan, Scott J. Werner, Heath M. Hagy, and William J. Bleier

Overview of Glyphosate Research for Managing Invasive Cattail to Disperse Blackbird Roosts, George M. Linz, Timothy L. Pugh, and H. Jeffrey Homan

Modeling Parental Provisioning by Red-winged Blackbirds in North Dakota, George M. Linz, Richard S. Sawin, Mark W. Lutman, and William J. Bleier

Wildlife risk to aviation: a multi-scale issue requires a multi-scale solution, James A. Martin, Jerrold L. Belant, Travis L. DeVault, Bradley F. Blackwelll, Loren W. Berger, Samuel K. Riffell, and Guiming Wang

Life History and Ecology of Coyotes in the Mid-Atlantic States: A Summary of the Scientifi c Literature, Lauren L. Mastro

Excluding Nontarget Species from Brown Tree Snake, Boiga irregularis (Reptilia: Colubridae), Bait Stations: Experimental Tests of Station Design and Placement, Tom Mathies, Russell Scarpino, Brenna A. Levine, Craig S. Clark, and Julie A. Savidge

A reassessment of the role of propagule pressure in influencing fates of passerine introductions to New Zealand, Michael P. Moulton, Wendell P. Cropper Jr., and Michael L. Avery

Clinical and Pathologic Responses of American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) and Fish Crows (C ossifragus) to Experimental West Nile Virus Infection, N. M. Nemeth, B. V. Thomsen, T. R. Spraker, J. M. Benson, A. M. Bosco-Lauth, P. T. Oesterle, J. M. Bright, J. P. Muth, T. W. Campbell, T. L. Gidlewski, and R. A. Bowen

IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION IN EASTERN GRAY SQUIRRELS (SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS): MORPHOLOGIC CHANGES IN REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS, Murali Pai, R. Bruner, Donald H. Schlafer, Greg K. Yarrow, C. A. Yoder, and Lowell A. Miller

Evaluation of Fecal DNA Preservation Techniques and Effects of Sample Age and Diet on Genotyping Success, Michael Panasci, Warren B. Ballard, Stewart W. Breck, David Rodriguez, Llewellyn D. Densmore III, David B. Wester, and Robert J. Baker

Detection and Characterization of a Distinct Bornavirus Lineage from Healthy Canada Geese (Branta canadensis), Susan Payne, Lina Covaleda, Guo Jianhua, Seth Swafford, John A. Baroch, Pamela J. Ferro, Blanca Lupiani, J Jill Heatley, and Ian Tizard