SIXTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE

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3 PROCEEDINGS SIXTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE ROYAL INN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA MARCH 5, 6, AND 7, 1974 WARREN V. JOHNSON EDITOR ASSISTANT EDITOR REX E. MARSH 1974 Sponsored by the California Vertebrate Pest Committee

4 SIXTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN - Warren V. Johnson Biologist, Weed and Vertebrate Pest Management, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, C a l i f o r n i a CHAIRMAN-ELECT - Charles C. Siebe Program Supervisor, Weed and Vertebrate Pest Management, C a l i f o r n i a Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, C a lifornia BUSINESS MANAGER - Jerry P. Clark Biologist, Weed and Vertebrate Pest Management, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Ceres, C a l i f o r n i a PROGRAM CHAIRMAN - John E. Golden Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, Sacramento County Department of Agriculture, Walnut Grove, California PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN - Jerry P. Clark Biologist, Weed and Vertebrate Pest Management, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Ceres, C alifornia ARRANGEMENTS CHAIRMAN - Lester B. Kreps Biologist, Weed and Vertebrate Pest Management, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Riverside, California REGISTRATION CHAIRMAN - Lewis R. Davis Biologist, Weed and Vertebrate Pest Detection, C alifornia Department of Food and Agriculture, Riverside, California SESSION CHAIRMEN Leslie D. Haworth Ventura County Agricultural Commissioner, Santa Paula, C a l i f o r n i a Harvey I. Magy Southern C a l ifornia Regional Representative, Vector Control Section, California Department of P u b l i c Health, Los Angeles, California Hugh C. Black Associate Professor, School of Forestry, Oregon State University, C orvallis, Oregon Thomas G. Scott Director W i l dlife Research Center, U.S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and W i l d l i f e, Denver, Colorado Walter E. Howard Professor, W ildlife and Fisheries Biology, University of C a l ifornia, Davis, California Dell 0. Clark Biologist, Vertebrate Pest Management, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, California Jerry P. C l a r k Biologist, Weed and Vertebrate Pest Management, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Ceres, California II

5 CONTENTS OPENING COMMENTS -- S I X T H VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE Warren V. Johnson KEYNOTE ADDRESS -- VERTEBRATE PEST ANIMALS IN THE PROVINCE OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA Douglas D. Hey SMALL MAMMAL CENSUS AND CONTROL ON A HARDWOOD PLANTATION Andrew Radvanyi URBANIZED W I L DLIFE Robert L. Pope A SAFE APPROACH TO NATURAL HOME RANGES, AS APPLIED TO THE SOLUTION OF EDGE EFFECT SUBJECTS, U S ING CAPTURE-RECAPTURE DATA IN VOLE POPULATIONS Ryo Tanaka Page ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS Gordon F. Snow ^ PEST MANAGEMENT IN RELATION TO HUMAN HEALTH A l l a n M. Barnes THE ASSOCIATION OF THE ROOF RAT (Rattus rattus) WITH THE HIMALAYAN BLACKBERRY (Rubus discolor) AND ALGERIAN I V Y (Hedera canariensis) IN CALIFORNIA Val J. Dutson THE POTENTIAL VALUE OF GENETICALLY STERILE NORWAY RATS IN REGULATING WILD POPULATIONS Bryan P. Glass Al hs AN OVERVIEW OF ASTM'S ACTIVITIES IN ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR VERTEBRATE PEST CONTROL MATERIALS John R. Beck A NEW S E R I E S OF SELECTIVE RODENTICIDES David L. Peardon LABORATORY TESTING OF ALBINO RATS WITH ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDES Steve D. Palmateer THE ROLE OF W.H.O. IN THE STUDY AND CONTROL OF RODENT-BORNE DISEASE N. G. Gratz THE S I G N I F ICANCE OF PREFERENCE IN LABORATORY BAIT ACCEPTANCE STUDIES James G. M i l l e r ANIMAL DAMAGE CONTROL RESEARCH "ARE PRESENT P RIORITIES BASED ON ACTUAL NEED?" Richard N. Smith MUSKRAT CONTROL AND DAMAGE PREVENTION James E. M i l l e r THE EFFECTS OF A CHEMOSTERILANT (MESTRANOL) ON POPULATION AND BEHAVIOR IN THE RICHARDSON'S GROUND SQUIRREL (Spermophi1 us richardsonii) IN ALBERTA Louise A. Goulet and R. M. F. S. Sadleir OREGON'S NUTRIA PROBLEM Lee W. Kuhn and E. Paul Peloquin THE EUROPEAN RABBIT PROBLEM IN NEW ZEALAND Michael E. R. Godfrey * Due to illness Robert Pope was not able to present his paper at the Conference, however, the paper is being included in the Proceedings. Ill

6 Page DUAL ROLE OF FORBS AND RODENTICIDES IN THE GROUND SPRAY CONTROL OF PINE MICE Frank Horsfall, Jr., R. E. Webb, and Ross E. Byers RODENT CONTROL A C T I V I T I E S WHEN DIRECT SEEDING FOREST LANDS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Peter C. Passof A REVIEW OF RODENT CONTROL PROGRAMS IN NEW YORK STATE Joe E. Brooks VERTEBRATES...AND THE CONFLICTS IN PUBLIC IMAGE Donald D. Miller THE ROLE OF F.A.O. IN VERTEBRATE PEST PROBLEMS H. R. Shuyler TRAPPING: A CONTINUOUS INTEGRAL PART OF A RODENT CONTROL PROGRAMME H. R. Shuyler and R. F. Sun, Jr RABIES VECTOR CONTROL IN ALBERTA J. B. Gurba A REVIEW OF COYOTE CONTROL RESEARCH Donald S. Balser REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS -- A MANAGEMENT DILEMMA William D. Fitzwater RABBIT BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH IN AUSTRALIA AND ITS RELEVANCE IN CONTROL OPERATIONS B. V. Fennessy and R. Mykytowycz RARE AND ENDANGERED WILDLIFE PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS Howard R. Leach EMERGENCY RABID SKUNK CONTROL IN MONTANA Kenneth Seyler and Carter Niemeyer FERAL BURROS AND WILDLIFE Richard A. Weaver FERAL HOGS BOON OR BURDEN Daniel C. Patten ACTIVITIES OF THE RODENT BRANCH OF THE EUROPEAN AND MEDITERRANEAN PLANT PROTECTION ORGANIZATION (EPPO) Arvo MyllymSki EXPERIMENTS WITH SOUNDS IN REPELLING MAMMALS John L. Stewart THE DETECTION OF EXOTIC VERTEBRATE PESTS IN CALIFORNIA Michael 0. Keffer RECENT CHANGES IN FEDERAL B I R D CONTROL Gene H. Wilson MODELLING FOR RESEARCH ON CHEMICAL CONTROL OF MAMMALS IN NEW ZEALAND C. L. Batcheler and J. Bell THE RELATIONSHIP OF QUELEA MIGRATIONS TO CEREAL CROP DAMAGE IN THE LAKE CHAD BASIN Jeffrey J. Jackson NESTING SUCCESS OF Quelea quelea WITH ONE PARENT REMOVED AND OBSERVATIONS ON ROOSTING BEHAVIOR, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR CONTROL Jeffrey J. Jackson

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8 BIRD PREDATION PROBLEMS IN F I S H HATCHERIES W i l l i a m E. Schafer (Paper Not Available) BIRD DAMAGE APPRAISAL METHODS IN SOME AGRICULTURAL CROPS Richard W. DeHaven BIRD DAMAGE TO WINE GRAPES IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, 1973 Richard W. DeHaven THE MONK PARAKEET: A POTENTIAL THREAT TO AGRICULTURE Lewis R. Davis FERAL PIGEON CONTROL Lester B. Kreps USE OF CHLOROPHACINONE IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE COMMON VOLE (Microtus arvalis Pallas) AND AGAINST THE MUSKRAT (Ondatra zibethica L.) J. Giban* MESTRANOL AS A REPELLENT TO PROTECT DOUGLAS-FIR SEED FROM DEER MICE** Gerald D. Lindsey, Richard M. Anthony, and James Evans ALPHA-NAPHTHYLTHIOUREA AS A CONDITIONING REPELLENT FOR PROTECTING CONIFER SEED** Peter C. Passof, Rex E. Marsh, and Walter E. Howard CLOSING REMARKS -- SIXTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE Charles C. Siebe Page REGISTERED ATTENDANCE Editors' note: The papers in the Proceedings for the most part appear as originally written. Editorial liberties were taken in some instances for the sake of clarity and uniformity of style. * This scheduled speaker unfortunately could not attend the Conference, however, his paper is being included in the Proceedings. ** Paper included in the Proceedings by permission of the authors, although it was not presented at the Conference