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viii, 488 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents: Plenary session. Opening comments / Richard L. Bruggers -- Environmental and economic costs of vertebrate species invasions into the United States / David Pimentel -- Invasive species: a national perspective and the need for a coordinated response / Lori Williams -- International perspectiv on programmes of invasive vertebrate species / Greg Sherley -- A "community" approach to invasive species management: some Pacific case studies / Alan Saunders, Henri Blaffart, Craig Morley, Joape Kuruyawa, Vilikesa Masibalavu and Elenoa Seniloki -- Initiatives, public education and economics. Global harmonisation in the field of invasive species management product development / Steven Lapidge, Simon Humphrys, and David Dall -- Managing non-native wildlife in Florida: state perspectives, policy and practice / Scott Hardin -- Custom trucks, radio snake jingles, and temporary tattoos: an overview of a successful public awareness campaign related to brown treesnakes in the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands / Nathaniel B. Hawley -- Promoting awareness, knowledge and good intentions / Christy Martin -- Habitattitude: getting a backbone about the pet release pathway / Jamie K. Reaser and N. Marshall Meyers -- Considering control of invasive barred owls to benefit California spotted owls: possible justification and draft methods / Kent B. Livezey, Richard M. Engeman, Dennis F. Rock, and Donald A. Yasuda -- Prevention. Prioritization of action on non-native species: progress in Great Britain / Niall Moore -- The failed regulatory system for animal imports into the United States, and how to fix it / Peter T. Jenkins -- Monitoring the sale and trafficking of invasive vertebrate species using automated internet and surveillance tools / Karl Suiter and Sandra Sferrazza -- Using pathway analysis to inform prevention strategies for alien reptiles and amphibians / Fred Kraus -- Island biosecurity as a pest management tactic in New Zealand / Keith Broome -- Invasive species management and research using GIS / Tracy Holcombe, Thomas J. Stohlgren, and Catherine Jarnevich -- Pest eradication technology: the critical partner to pest exclusion technology: the maungatautari experience / Cam Speedy, Tim Day, and John Innes -- Management of invasive vertebrates in the United States: an overview / Gary W. Witmer, Patrick W. Burke, William C. Pitt, and Michael L. Avery -- Reptiles and Amphibians. Climate matching as a tool for predicting potential North American spread of brown treesnakes / Gordon H. Rodda, Robert N. Reed, and Catherine S. Jarnevich -- The role of early detection and rapid response in thwarting amphibian and reptile introduction in Florida / Todd S. Campbell -- Coqui frog research and management efforts in Hawai'i / Hans Sin and Adam Radford -- Impacts of introduced species on an island ecosystem: non-native reptiles and amphibians in the US Virgin Islands / Renata J. Platenberg -- The brown treesnake rapid response team / James W. Stanford and Gordon H. Rodda -- Flotation materials for aerial delivery of acetaminophen toxic baits to brown treesnakes / Peter J. Savarie, Tom C. Mathies, and Kathleen A. Fagerstone -- An evaluation of passive thermal fumigation for brown treesnake control in surface transportation from Guam / Gad Perry and Daniel S. Vice -- Spotting cryptic animals in the dark: what light properties should a good headlamp have? / Bjorn Lardner, Julie Savidge, and Gordon H. Rodda -- Can temperature be used as a tool for limiting brown treesnake invasion via transportation pathways? / Michelle T. Christy, Julie A. Savidge, Richard Bischof, and Gordon H. Rodda -- Size-based trends and management implications of microhabitat utilization by brown treesnakes, with an emphasis on juvenile snakes / Gordon H. Rodda and Robert N. Reed -- Rodents. Early detection and eradication of invading rats / James C. Russel, Mick N. Clout, and David R. Towns -- Tree squirrels as invasive species: conservation and manangment implications / Geoffrey H. Palmer, John. L. Koprowski, and Tony Pernas -- Invasive rats and bubonic plague in northwest Uganda / Jeff N. Borchert, Jeff J. Mach, Timothy J. LInder, Asaph Ogen-Odoi, and Santos Angualia -- Eradicating house mice from islands: successes, failures and the way forward / Jamie W.B. MacKay -- James C. Russell, and Elaine C. Murphy -- The path to eradication of the gambian giant pouched rat in Florida / Richard M. Engeman, Gary W. Witmer, Jean B. Bourassa, John W. Woolard, Bernice Constantin, Parker T. Hall, Scott Hardin, and Neil D. Perry -- Research and development of a new rodenticide for nutria / Jeff J. Mach and Richard M. Poche -- Generic options for the control of invasive vertebrate pests: prospects and constraints / Ronald E. Thresher -- Alaska's rate spill response program / Steven M. Ebbert, Arthur L. Sowls, and G. Vernon Byrd -- Birds and multiple species. Population ecology and some potential impacts of emerging populations of exotic parrots / Douglas E. Runde, William C. Pitt, and J.T. Foster -- Managing starlings in Australia: can DRC-1339 be the answer? / Tina Bentz, Steven Lapidge, David Dall and Ronald G. Sinclair -- Florida's non-native avifauna / Michael L. Avery and Michael P. Moulton -- European starlings: a review of an invasive species with far-reaching impacts / George M. Linz, H. Jeffrey Homan, Shannon M. Gaukler, Linda B. Penry, and William J. Bleier -- Control and eradication of the North American ruddy duck in Europe / Iain Henderson and Pete Robertson -- Probabilistic bioenergetic/toxicity modeling approach for estimating toxicant induced mortality to target invasive species and non-target wildlife / John J. Johnston, Randal S. Stahl, H. Jefferey Homan, George M. Linz, and William C. Pitt -- Reducing risk and enhancing efficiency in non-native vertebrate removal efforts on islands: a 25 year multi-taxa retrospective from Santa Cruz Island, California / Scott A. Morrison -- Developing strategy and tools for the local elimination of multiple pest species / Graham Nugent, David R. Morgan, Peter Sweetapple, and Bruce Warburton -- Multiple-species exclusion fencing and technology for mainland sites / Tim Day and Roger MacGibbon -- Wildlife contraception: targeting the oocyte / Richard E. Mauldin and Lowell A. Miller -- Mammals. Methods and strategies for managing feral hog damage in grain production areas in central Texas / T.J. Muir and Gary McEwen -- Landscape genetics of feral swine and implications for management / Johanna Delgado-Acevedo, Randy W. DeYoung, and Tyler A. Campbell -- DNA detection of foxes to prevent establishment in Tasmania / Stephen D. Sarre, Rachel Walsh, Niccy Aitken, Alison Foster, and Nick Mooney -- Ecology of an invasive predator in Hawai'i / Steven C. Hess, Heidi Hansen, and Paul C. Banko -- Developing a new toxin for potential control of feral cats, stoats, and wild dogs in New Zealand / Elaine C. Murphy, Charles T. Eason, Steve Hix and Duncan B. MacMorran -- Developing a decision support system for improving possum control planning / Bruce Warburton, Jim D. Coleman, Mark Fuglestad, and Jens Dietrich -- The political, economic and management history of a successful exotic eradication: the case of black-tailed jackrabbits in one part of Florida / Richard M. Engeman, Bernice Constantin, and Jeffrey Bunting -- Vertebrate invasions in Chile: an invitation to collaboration / Fabian M. Jaksic. |