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Bird Hazing And Frightening Methods And Techniques (With Emphasis On Containment Ponds), Rex E. Marsh, William A. Erickson, Terrell P. Salmon

Other Publications in Wildlife Management

Our primary purpose in preparing this overview of bird hazing or frightening methods and techniques is to provide the owners and operators of agricultural evaporation ponds with all possible information on hazing to minimize bird use of the ponds and reduce their exposure to possible contamination from accumulated substances, such as selenium.

While our main objective was to assist pond managers, our coverage of bird hazing is intentionally broad enough to be highly relevant to protect many agricultural crops and some aquaculture facilities from bird depredations, and to reduce bird numbers at airports where the potential for bird-aircraft strikes is …

Insect, Plant Disease, And Weed Science News, No. 91-1, March 8, 1991, Alex Martin, Bob N. Stougarrd, Lisa Brown Jasa

Insect, Plant Disease, and Weed Science News (1987-1992)

In This Issue

Insect Science

Army Cutworks Move into Nebraska........1

Cooperators Sought for Biological Control Program............2

Use Degree Days: Predict Alfalfa Weevil Progress..................3

Correction..................3

Weed Science

Plan Alfalfa Weed Control Before Green Up..................4

Scout Wheat Now; Begin Weed Attack..................4

Plant Disease

Examine Trees, Turf for Desiccation Injury..................5

Fewer Fungicides Available for Home Use..................5

Learn at Home with Plant Disease Slide/Tape Sets..................6

Miscellaneous

Resources..................2

New Newsletter Addresses Turf/Horticulture..................6

Pesticides: Natural Ones as Toxic as the Synthetics..................6

Nebline, March 1991

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Ag Update: Agricultural News & Events

Home Extension News

On-the-Grow: Horticulture News & Recommendations

The Cloverline: 4-H News and Events

Extension Calendar

and other extension news

Book Review: Applied Myrmecology: A World Perspective By Robert K. Vander Meer, Jaffe Klaus, And Cedano Aragua, Arnold Van Pelt

Insecta Mundi

Applied Myrmecology provides a foundation for future concerted research efforts on economic intrusions of the ecologically diverse and abundant ants. Selections range from neurotoxins and behavior to ecology. One learns of "el venticuatro", an ant whose sting produces "the worst 24 hours of one's life", that "hormiga loca" prefers nesting under black plastic bags left in the fields when plants are transferred from nurseries, and that Pharaoh's ants transmit human diseases.

The Scientific Publications Of Roland Fountain Hussey 1916 - 1968, John T. Polhemus

Insecta Mundi

R. F. Hussey was born in San Francisco, California 16 November 1896 and died 19 August 1968 in Gainesville, Florida. He held academic positions at New York University, Florida Southern College and the University of Florida, and was to have been retired from the latter as their first Professor Emeritus of Biology. For about twenty years following 1926 he held administrative positions in the New York Academy of Medicine and Doctors Hospital and during this time he published little except the excellent catalog of Pyrrhocoridae (which at that time included the family Largidae) as fascicle 3 of the General Catalogue …

Volume 5, No. 1, March 1991 Covers And Ads

Insecta Mundi

Cover and ads

The Probe, Issue 108 - March 1991

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
MARCH 1991
Control of Rabies in Wildlife by Oral Vaccination
In Memoriam— Richard "Dick" Winters
NADCA Member Invents New Device: Paws-I-Trip II
Animal Damage Control in the News
Humane Society Official Asks Sacramento to City Council to Ban Steel-Jawed Traps
Yellowstone Wolf Committee Appointed
Deer Invade North Carolina Airport
Mountain Lion Activity Monitored at UC Davis
Prevention and Control Tips: Moles
"Human Use of Wildlife" Position Statement Adopted by TWS

Proceedings Of The 18th Annual Meeting, Southern Soybean Disease Workers (March 20-21, 1991, Lexington, Kentucky): National Perspective On Soybeans, Donald E. Hershman, J. Allen Wrather, Patrick D. Colyer, Gary W. Lawrence, Glenn G. Hammes

Southern Soybean Disease Workers: Conference Proceedings

Contents

General session

Presidential address. DE Hershman

Keynote address. P O'Connell

Invited speakers

Major Soybean Diseases of the Midwest and Their Management. TS Abney

Major Soybean Diseases of the Southeast and Their Management. WF Moore

Disease Resistance in the Defense of Yield: A Commercial Breeders Perspective. HL Gabe

Graduate student papers

Effects of potassium fertilization and weed control on the severity.of anthracnose and pod and stem blight of soybeans in Louisiana. FG Barker, GT Berggren, and JP Snow

Inheritance of soybean SDS response in segregating F₅ derived lines. WJ Matthews, VN Njiti, PT Gibson, and ML Shenaut

Selection of …

Rapid Detection Of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus By Polymerase Chain Reaction, O. J. Lopez, Fernando A. Osorio, Ruben O. Donis

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

The polymerase chain reaction was used to detect genomic sequences of the positive-stranded RNA of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), a member of the family Togaviridae. Using a set of 20-bp primers located within the conserved 3' region of the BVDV genome, we were able to consistently amplify a 205-bp target sequence from BVDV cDNA. BVDV RNAs from cell culture-propagated BVDV reference strains, diverse unrelated cytopathic and noncytopathic field isolates, and clinical serum samples were transcribed to cDNA by using avian myeloblastosis virus reverse transcriptase and further specifically amplified by using the polymerase chain reaction assay. The amplification assay …

Effect Of Desiccation, Ph, Heat, And Ultraviolet Irradiation On Viability Of Baculovirus Penaei, Brian D. Leblanc, Robin M. Overstreet

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Tolerance of Baculovirus penaei virus to desiccation, pH, heat, and ultraviolet irradiation (uv), as well as its survival in 32 ppt sea water, was investigated using larval Penaeus vannamei in a bioassay. Test shrimp were sampled from 36 to 264 hr after food-borne exposure to treated B. penaei and examined for patent infections (polyhedral inclusion bodies detectable in fresh preparations of hepatopancreas) with light microscopy. B. penaei was completely inactivated within 30 min after exposure to pH 3, whereas exposure to pH 11 extended the prepatency period (period before infection is apparent) but did not inactivate the virus. B. penaei …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 23, No. 1. March 1991

The Prairie Naturalist

Paul B. Kannowski, Editor

Nikki R. Seabloom, Assistant Editor

Douglas H. Johnson, Book Review Editor

CONTENTS

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE AND MOURNING DOVES IN EASTERN COLORADO: IMPLICATIONS FOR NESTING AND PRODUCTION IN THE GREAT PLAINS ▪ T E. Olson, C. E. Braun, and R. A. Ryder

DISTRIBUTION OF SANDHILL CRANES IN THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER VALLEY 1980 AND 1989 ▪ M. J. Folk and T. C. Tacha

NOCTURNAL BEHAVIOR OF SANDHILL CRANES ROOSTING IN THE PLATTE RIVER, NEBRASKA ▪ B. S. Norling, S. H. Anderson, and W A. Hubert

LEAD POISONING OF A MARBLED GODWIT ▪ L. N. Locke, M. R. …

Snow Cover Variability On The Northern And Central Great Plains, David A. Robinson, Marilyn G. Hughes

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Winter snow cover duration has varied across the northern and central Great Plains of the United States throughout this century. Decade-to-decade variability has been common, and the timing of these fluctuations has differed considerably across the region. A general trend towards longer snow cover duration was noted from the 1920s and 1930s to the 1970s. Nine stations with continuous records of snow cover, temperature, precipitation, and snowfall dating back 61 to 97 years were studied. Snow cover fluctuations and trends are associated with changes of these other variables. Such relationships are complex and differ across the Great Plains. Correlations between …

Review Of Transportation Service To Small Rural Communities: Effects Of Deregulation, By John F. Due, Benjamin J. Allen, Mary R. Kihl, And Michael R. Crumm, L. Orlo Sorenson

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

This excellent book deals with transportation service interaction between carriers (providers of rail, truck, bus, and airplane service) and the users of those services in low traffic density markets. The book educates the reader rather than attempting to persuade the reader to a point of view. It deals largely with changes occurring in transport regulation and technology in the decade of the 1980s and their impacts on services to smaller communities.

Review Of Agricultural Bioethics: Implications Of Agricultural Biotechnology, Steven M. Gendel, A. David Kline, D. Michael Warren, And Faye Yates, Eds., Vernon W. Ruttan

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

This book is largely the product of a series of faculty discussions and a symposium held at Iowa State University in 1987. It represents a comprehensive treatment of the safety and regulatory issues, economic prospects, social considerations, and ethical dilemmas emerging from advances in molecular biology and agricultural biotechnology. Major attention is focused on bovine growth hormone bGH). The book is the most useful introduction to these issues available under one cover. It is also a book of highly uneven quality. The papers range from advocacy journalism to carefully reasoned argument and rigorous sifting of evidence. I particularly recommend the …

Sustainability Of The Great Plains In An Uncertain Climate, William E. Riebsame

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

The potential for social adaptation to climate change on the Great Plains is examined and a framework offered for sharpening the inquiry into regional agricultural sustainability. The future of Plains agriculture in a worsening climate depends on several factors, but a key characteristic is whether the system is fundamentally adaptable (able to change form and function markedly under new conditions) or resilient (likely to attempt to maintain "normal" operations via disaster relief and other social maintenance schemes in future droughts). In a cumulative climate deterioration, adaptive strategies are likely to yield less abrupt social dislocation, but debate over the sustainability …

Review Of Fire In North American Tallgrass Prairies, Scott L. Collins And Linda L. Wallace, Editors, Jane H. Bock

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

This book summarizes many of the modem studies on fire in the North American Great Plains, with special emphasis on the tallgrass areas. Grasslands, along with pine forests, have been the foci for much of the fire research on the North American continent. This volume summarizes a great deal of what is known about fire in tallgrass prairie and adjacent areas. It should be of interest to ecologists, systematists, agronomists, anthropologists, historians, and others whose research and teaching interests center. on the prairie. There are ten chapters written by 22 authors. The book is well edited; transitions among chapters are …

Review Of Colorado Flora: Eastern Slope By William A. Weber., Robert B. Kaul

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

All 2260 plant species of eastern-slope Colorado--from the continental divide east to the Nebraska and Kansas borders--can be identified using this book. That figure includes not only the native species but also the numerous introduced ones that survive without cultivation and often provide severe competition for the native flora. Much of Colorado's native plains flora was eliminated in the past century by plowing and by grazing livestock. It is largely replaced by a few durable native and many aggressive exotic species that thrive under those conditions, but remnants of the original flora exist on escarpments and in a few level …

Great Plains Research: Editorial Matter, Volume 1, Number 1

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Includes:

Cover
Publisher Information (The Center for Great Plains Studies)
Copyright page
Table of Contents
Editor’s Note
News and Notes
Calls for Papers (2)
Advertisements (2)
Instructions to Authors

Bear Damage To Agriculture In Wisconsin, Laine R. Stowell, Robert C. Willging

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 5th (1991)

Black bear (Ursus americanus) are common in northern Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) has established a population goal of 6,000 bears across 46,361 km2 of bear range. Bear damage to agriculture occurred for over 50 years, and various strategies have been used to address these problems. Bear damage to agricultural c and livestock became eligible for reimbursement by the state in 1939. The legislature terminated this program in 1980 in fate of a new program that placed greater emphasis on damage prevention than on compensation. Since 1984, WDNR has bear damage primarily through abatement practices …

The Need And Difficulty Of Bringing The Pennsylvania Deer Herd Under Control, Gary W. Witmer, David S. Decalesta

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 5th (1991)

The Pennsylvania white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)herd has increased dramatically in the last several years despite greatly increased harvests. The high statewide deer density (11+ deer/kmz) causes serious losses to agricultural production, forest regeneration, and diversity of forest flora and fauna. High deer numbers are associated with an exceptional number of vehicle-deer accidents, and is implicated in the rapid increase in the incidence of Lyme disease in humans. Countless efforts to reduce deer densities locally and statewide (extended antlerless harvest seasons and special farm hunts) are not solving the damage problem. Other solutions should be considered, such as increasing …

Status Of Coyotes And Coyote Depredations In Pennsylvania, Gary W. Witmer, Arnold Hayden

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 5th (1991)

The coyote (Canis latrans) population in Pennsylvania has grown in the last several decades to about4,000. It continues to grow, despite a known annual harvest of more than 850 animals. There is a growing concern about the effects of coyotes on game and livestock populations. We discuss known and potential coyote-human conflicts in Pennsylvania and propose a program of depredation prevention and control. To be successful, the program requires cooperation, funding, research, educational materials, and training workshops.

Citizen Task Force On Deer Management, Mike Hall

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 5th (1991)

In spring 1990, as part of an intensified effort to involve the public in wildlife management decisions, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) implemented a new public input program. Citizen task forces were organized in 15 deer (Odocoileus virginianus) management units (DMUs) across the state. The task force purpose was to choose a desired deer population level for their particular DMU.

DEC and CCE designed task forces to include a broad range of interests, in order to balance the viewpoints of various groups affected by deer. CCE agents and DEC …

Interactions Between People And Wildlife In Urbanizing Landscapes, John Hadidian

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 5th (1991)

In little more than 100 years, America has been transformed from a rural to an urban society in which 8 out of every 10 people live in cities or associated metropolitan areas. This change has affected the way that people interact with wildlife and has introduced new and unique situations in which human-wildlife conflicts arise and must be dealt with. Most urban wildlife problems occur in and around primary residences or nodes (e.g., airports, golf courses, lake fronts) and involve only a few species. This relationship may change as urban landscapes mature or expand through restoration efforts, or as more …

Wildlife Damage Management: Policy And Professional Considerations, Harry E. Hodgdon

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 5th (1991)

I am honored by the opportunity to be part of this conference and to participate with such a distinguished panel this morning.

Today I have been asked to address policy and professional considerations as they relate to wildlife damage management. As an advocate of professional wildlife management, I will share with you some of the problems and issues that confront, frustrate, and confound us; some sense of the problems that lie ahead; and some thoughts on what we need to do to ensure the wildlife profession remains relevant in the future.

The Wildlife Society endorses the management of wildlife to …

Wildlife Damage Education At Auburn University, Nicholas R. Holler

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 5th (1991)

Wildlife Damage Control is offered as a 3-hour course during winter quarter in alternate years at Auburn University. This course is taught simultaneously at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Prevention and Control of Wildlife Damage (R. Timm, ed.) 1983. Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service, University of Nebraska-Lincoln) is the course text, but numerous outside readings are provided on specific topic areas. Graduate students are given additional required reading material, must complete a term paper, and are given examinations requiring greater synthesis of ideas than do those administered to undergraduates. An optional weekend field trip, arranged in cooperation with United States Department …

New York State Department Of Environmental Conservation, Robert A. Inslerman

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 5th (1991)

In 1990, the Legislature passed a bill that would have allowed year-round hunting of coyotes (Canis latrans) in New York's Northern Zone, as opposed to the current system of open and closed hunting seasons established annually by Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) regulation. The bill generated such controversy that it was withdrawn pending a study by DEC. The objectives of the study were to: (1) assess the role of the coyote in northern New York in relation to people, wildlife, and livestock; (2) provide adequate opportunity for citizens to express their opinions concerning coyotes; and (3) prepare a …

Wildlife Damage Education At West Virginia University, Edwin D. Michael

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 5th (1991)

West Virginia University has offered a formal wildlife damage course in each of the last 2 years (1990 and 1991). Prior to offering the formal course in 1990, the topic of wildlife damage was presented as one section of 2 different courses: Introduction to Wildlife Management (for nonwildlife majors), and Principles of Wildlife Management (a senior-level course required for wildlife majors).

The current wildlife damage course involves 2 1-hour lectures per week and students receive 2 semester credit hours upon completion. Two class periods per semester are devoted to field exercises, involving demonstration of damage control equipment and investigation of …

Economics And Effectiveness Of Control Methods: Fact And Fiction, Rick D. Owens, Dennis Slate

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 5th (1991)

Wildlife damage management decisions are often incorrectly viewed as being predicated solely upon economic Although costs of wildlife damage and methods employed to reduce this damage are considerations in damage management decision-making, the selection and application of methods are also dependent upon environmental factors that include biologic physical, social, and legal influences. Professional decision-making involves an assessment of these factors on a case-by-case basis, to determine which methods and application strategies are environmentally cost-effective and therefore practical.

The Quabbin Reservation White-Tailed Deer Impact Management Plan: A Case History, James A. Parkhurst, Robert W. O'Connor

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 5th (1991)

Quabbin Reservation, a 22,662-ha watershed management area located in west-central Massachusetts, is experiencing moderate to severe browsing pressure by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) on much of the reservation's forested land. In many areas, park-like habitat exists where natural regeneration of the dominant mixed oak (Quercus spp. ) forest has been severely repressed, or outright eliminated, due to repetitive browsing by deer. Understory composition is now dominated by patches of blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium), huckleberry (Gayl ussacia baccata), thick carpets of hay-scented fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula), and grasses. Managers are concerned that as the …

Evaluation Of A New Deer Repellent On Japanese Yews At Suburban Homesteads, Roger W. Sayre, Milo E. Richmond

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 5th (1991)

Jersey, an experimental deer repellent, was field tested against 2 commercial repellents on Japanese yews (Taxuscuspidata) near Ithaca, New York, during spring 1990. In Experiment 1, plots (nnn = 24) of 4 individually-potted yews were established, with 2 yews at each plot randomly treated with Jersey and 2 left as controls. Plots of 4 (1 x 4, n nn =12) and 16 (4 x 4, nnn = 2) plants were used in Experiment 2, with individual plants being treated with Jersey, Hinder”, or Big Game RepellentR (BGRR) or left as controls. Photographs with a …