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A History Of Wildlife Damage Management: Twelve Lessons For Today, Robert M. Timm Oct 2000

A History Of Wildlife Damage Management: Twelve Lessons For Today, Robert M. Timm

Wildlife Damage Management Conference Proceedings

The history of wildlife damage management in the United States, beginning with the roots of the federal Biological Survey, is examined. Selected lessons are drawn from history and applied to today's situation, in the hope that they will be useful to those who guide this profession in the 21st Century.

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What Are The Research Needs And Skills Of The Future?, Richard D. Curnow Oct 2000

What Are The Research Needs And Skills Of The Future?, Richard D. Curnow

Wildlife Damage Management Conference Proceedings

One can be a student of Tom Peters, management visionary and futurist, or Gary San Julian, a leader in the academics of wildlife damage management (WDM), but that is not necessary to be impressed and excited by the rapid trends and unpredictable events that are altering how we think about and attempt to manage the nation's precious wildlife resources. Because of the boundless propensity of mankind to develop, inhabit, and alter the landscape, wildlife managers of today and the future require different strategies, tools, and skills than those who did such a fine job of conservation and management in past …

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Bird Damage To Tropical Fruit In South Florida, Eric A. Tillman, Annamaria Van Doom, Michael L. Avery Oct 2000

Bird Damage To Tropical Fruit In South Florida, Eric A. Tillman, Annamaria Van Doom, Michael L. Avery

Wildlife Damage Management Conference Proceedings

In Dade County, Florida, the production of tropical fruit is a major component of the agricultural industry with total sales amounting to $73.5 million in the 1997-1998 season. Two types of fruit in particular, lychee (Litchi chinensis) and longan (Euphoria longana), are rapidly emerging in economic importance with a combined annual value of over $19 million. For many lychee and longan growers, bird damage is perceived to be a significant constraint to production, yet there is no published information on the extent of damage caused by birds. In 1999, we initiated research to identify the bird species responsible for longan …

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Comparison Of Standard And Modified Soft Catch® Traps For Capturing Coyotes, Bobcats, And Raccoons, Jan F. Kamler, Chad Richardson, Philip S. Gipson Oct 2000

Comparison Of Standard And Modified Soft Catch® Traps For Capturing Coyotes, Bobcats, And Raccoons, Jan F. Kamler, Chad Richardson, Philip S. Gipson

Wildlife Damage Management Conference Proceedings

Capture rates and injury rates of coyotes (Canis latrans), bobcats {Lynx rufus), and raccoons (Procyon lotor) captured in standard No. 3 Soft Catch® traps were compared to those captured in the same trap type modified with the Taos Lightening Spring™ (TLS) double torsion spring. All traps were equipped with Paws-I-Trip™ pan tension devices and were successful in excluding most small nontarget species. We captured 15 coyotes and 17 bobcats from October 1995 to March 1997. In addition, 23 raccoons, a large nontarget species, were captured. Capture rates for coyotes were higher (P < 0.10) in TLS modified traps (92%) than standard traps (27%), whereas capture rates were similar (P > 0.10) for raccoons (85% and 67%, respectively) and …

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Empowering Local Communities To Co-Manage Deer, William F. Siemer, Daniel J. Decker, Lisa C. Chase Oct 2000

Empowering Local Communities To Co-Manage Deer, William F. Siemer, Daniel J. Decker, Lisa C. Chase

Wildlife Damage Management Conference Proceedings

Co-management of white-tailed deer (Odocolius virginianus) holds the promise of creating better management programs in many situations, but agencies may be reluctant to encourage co-management if they doubt the capacity of a community to take on management responsibilities, especially on a continuing basis. In Cayuga Heights, New York, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation worked with Cornell University and Cornell Cooperative Extension to help a community organization create informed public dialogue about local deer management. Using a consensus-building conceptual framework, we analyzed the planning process that created this dialogue. Process participants believed that use of a third party …

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Spatial Movements In Response To Baiting Female White-Tailed Deer, Scott C. Williams, Anthony J. Denicola Oct 2000

Spatial Movements In Response To Baiting Female White-Tailed Deer, Scott C. Williams, Anthony J. Denicola

Wildlife Damage Management Conference Proceedings

A better understanding of the manipulation of white-tailed deer movement patterns in response to bait has implications for future management of increasing suburban herds. We gathered radio telemetry data for 10 female and 1 male deer over a 1-year period with artificial feeding stations activated in spring and fall. Data were triangulated in the computer program Topo!, transferred into home range program CALHOME, and imported into Arc View for analysis. Mean annual home range size was 57.7 ha with mean core area of 8.4 ha. Spatial changes in behavior of all deer were witnessed in response to bait including core …

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The Islip Deer Initiative: A Strategy For Stakeholder Involvement In Deer Management, William F. Siemer, Daniel J. Decker, Mark D. Lowery, James E. Shanahan Oct 2000

The Islip Deer Initiative: A Strategy For Stakeholder Involvement In Deer Management, William F. Siemer, Daniel J. Decker, Mark D. Lowery, James E. Shanahan

Wildlife Damage Management Conference Proceedings

Effective stakeholder involvement is among the greatest challenges in wildlife management. In this paper, we describe an effort called the Islip Deer Initiative (IDI) to illustrate one approach that wildlife management professionals can take to design a stakeholder involvement strategy. We used a four-step procedure proposed by Chase et al. (1999) as a general guideline for process design. The procedure involves: (1) developing an understanding of the local situation (i.e., preliminary situation analysis); (2) defining the wildlife agency's objectives for stakeholder involvement; (3) selecting an overarching stakeholder involvement approach; and (4) designing context-specific stakeholder involvement strategies. In this case, preliminary …

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Investigations Of Methods To Reduce Damage By Voles, Gary W. Witmer, A. A. Hakim, Brian W. Moser Oct 2000

Investigations Of Methods To Reduce Damage By Voles, Gary W. Witmer, A. A. Hakim, Brian W. Moser

Wildlife Damage Management Conference Proceedings

Voles (Microtus spp.), small burrowing rodents, range over much of North America. Populations cycle and achieve peak densities every 3-5 years. This can result in severe damage to various resources: orchards, forest plantings, alfalfa and other crops, ornamentals, lawns, and gardens. A variety of methods are used to reduce vole damage, but there is still a need for new, cost-effective, and environmentally benign approaches. We investigated numerous candidate repellents and barriers with indoor vole colonies in soil-filled tanks. Several compounds (blood meal, capsaicin, castor oil, coyote urine, quebracho, and thiram) showed promise as repellents, but only at high concentrations. Many …

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On The Measurement Of Rent Seeking And Its Social Opportunity Cost, Russell S. Sobel, Thomas A. Garrett Oct 2000

On The Measurement Of Rent Seeking And Its Social Opportunity Cost, Russell S. Sobel, Thomas A. Garrett

Economics Faculty Working Papers Series

Utilizing 4-digit industry data by county, we compare the allocation of resources across industries in state capital areas with noncapital areas. We are able to identify which industries are expanded and contracted relative to noncapital areas. Our results provide the first direct evidence and measurement of the forgone productive activity resulting from resources being reallocated toward rent seeking and interest group activity. Our data also allow us to measure total rent seeking, and also to isolate the extent of indirect and in-kind rent seeking, which can account for part of the Tullock paradox.

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The Comment, October 5, 2000, Bridgewater State College Oct 2000

The Comment, October 5, 2000, Bridgewater State College

The Comment

No abstract provided.

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The Pan American (2000-10-05), Ryan R. Henry Oct 2000

The Pan American (2000-10-05), Ryan R. Henry

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

49th Year, No. 9

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The Daily Egyptian, October 05, 2000, Daily Egyptian Staff Oct 2000

The Daily Egyptian, October 05, 2000, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2000

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Faculty Senate Chronicle October 5, 2000, Heather M. Loughney Oct 2000

Faculty Senate Chronicle October 5, 2000, Heather M. Loughney

The University of Akron Faculty Senate Chronicle

Minutes for the regular meeting of The University of Akron Faculty Senate on October 5, 2000.

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Transcript Of The Faculty Senate Meeting October 5, 2000, Elizabeth Kennedy Oct 2000

Transcript Of The Faculty Senate Meeting October 5, 2000, Elizabeth Kennedy

The University of Akron Faculty Senate Chronicle

Minutes of the regular meeting of The University of Akron Faculty Senate on October 5, 2000.

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Daily Eastern News: October 05, 2000, Eastern Illinois University Oct 2000

Daily Eastern News: October 05, 2000, Eastern Illinois University

October

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Industry Watcher Urges Pharmaceutical Firms To Rediscover Innovation, Mitchell Diggs Oct 2000

Industry Watcher Urges Pharmaceutical Firms To Rediscover Innovation, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The pharmaceutical industry faces enormous challenges in the forms of competition, new drug development and societal demands, but multibillion-dollar mergers among major firms will not solve these problems, one of the industry's most respected watchers said Wednesday at The University of Mississippi.

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Wsu Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, October 5-6, 2000 Oct 2000

Wsu Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, October 5-6, 2000

Board of Trustees Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Board of Trustees Meeting held on October 5-6, 2000.

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Campus Chronicle (Vol. 3, No. 8), Valparaiso University Oct 2000

Campus Chronicle (Vol. 3, No. 8), Valparaiso University

Campus Chronicle

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The Montclarion, October 05, 2000, The Montclarion Oct 2000

The Montclarion, October 05, 2000, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State University

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October 5, 2000, University Of North Dakota Oct 2000

October 5, 2000, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the October 5, 2000, meeting of the University Senate. 20 pages

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The Cowl - V.64 - N.5 - Oct 5, 2000 Oct 2000

The Cowl - V.64 - N.5 - Oct 5, 2000

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 64 - No. 5 - October 5, 2000. 32 pages.

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October 5, 2000, The Daily Mississippian Oct 2000

October 5, 2000, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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The Daily Egyptian, October 04, 2000, Daily Egyptian Staff Oct 2000

The Daily Egyptian, October 04, 2000, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2000

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Unm News Minute 10/4/2000, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department Oct 2000

Unm News Minute 10/4/2000, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2000

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Volume 92 Issue 7, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Oct 2000

Volume 92 Issue 7, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern - Archive

No abstract provided.

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10/04/2000 - Eiu Honorary Collecting Funds For Breast Cancer Research And Education, University Marketing And Communications Oct 2000

10/04/2000 - Eiu Honorary Collecting Funds For Breast Cancer Research And Education, University Marketing And Communications

2000

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Cwu Faculty Senate Minutes - 10/04/2000, Nancy Bradshaw Oct 2000

Cwu Faculty Senate Minutes - 10/04/2000, Nancy Bradshaw

Faculty Senate Minutes

These are the official Central Washington University Faculty Senate Minutes for the 10/04/2000 regular meeting.

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Spartan Daily, October 4, 2000, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Oct 2000

Spartan Daily, October 4, 2000, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 115, Issue 24

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Bard Free Press, Vol. 2, No. 3 (October 4, 2000), Bard College Oct 2000

Bard Free Press, Vol. 2, No. 3 (October 4, 2000), Bard College

Bard Free Press - All Issues (2000-2018)

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The Cord Weekly (October 4, 2000) Oct 2000

The Cord Weekly (October 4, 2000)

The Cord

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