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NWRC Annual Publications List 2012

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12-Bevins, S.N., J. A. Baroch, D. L. Nolte, M. Zhang, and H. He. 2012. Yersinia pestis: examining wildlife plague surveillance in China and the USA. Integrative Zoology 7:99-109.

12-Bevins, S. N., S. Carver, E. E. Boydston, L. M. Lyren, M. Alldredge, K. A. Logan, S. P. D. Riley, R. N. Fisher, T. W. Vickers, W. Boyce, M. Salman, M. R. Lappin, K. R. Crooks, and S. Vandewoude. 2012. Three pathogens in sympatric populations of pumas, bobcats, and domestic cats: implications for infectious disease transmission. PloS One (Online: www. plosone. org) 7:e31403, doi:10. 1371/journal. pone0031403.

12-Campbell, T. A., D. B. Long, M. J. Lavelle, B. R. Leland, T. L. Blankenship, And K. C. Vercauteren. 2012. Impact of baiting on feral swine behavior in the presence of culling activities. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 104:249-257.

12-DeVault, T. L., J. L. Belant, B. F. Blackwell, J. A. Martin, J. A. Schmidt, W. Burger Jr., and J. W. Patterson Jr. 2012. Airports offer unrealized potential for alternative energy production. Environmental Management 49:517-522.

12-Debruyne, R. L., T. L. Devault, A. E. Duerr, D. E. Capen, F. E. Pogmore, J. R. Jackson, and L. G. Rudstam. 2012. Spatial and temporal comparisons of double-crested cormorant diets following the establishment of alewife in Lake Champlain, USA. Journal of Great Lakes Research 38:123-130.

12-Diel, .D.G., P. J. Miller, P. C. Wolf, R. M. Mickley, A. R. Musante, D. C. Emanueli, K. J. Shively, K. Pedersen, and C. L. Afonso. 2012. Characterization of Newcastle disease viruses isolated from cormorant and gull species in the United States in 2010. Avian Diseases 56:128-133.

12-Dorr, B. S., L. W. Burger, S. C. Barras, and K. Casscles Godwin. 2012. Double-crested cormorant distribution on catfish aquaculture in the Yazoo River basin. Wildlife Society Bulletin 36:70-77.

12-Dorr, B. S., S. L. Hanisch, P. H. Butchko, and D. G. Fielder. 2012. Management of double-crested cormorants to improve sport fisheries in Michigan: three case studies. Human-Wildlife Interactions 6:155-168.

12-Elmore, S. A., E.J.Jenkins, K.P. Huyvaert, L. Polley, J. J. Root, and C.G. Moore. Toxoplasma gondii in Circumpolar People and Wildlife. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. January 2012, 12(1): 1-9.

12-Farnsworth, M. L., R. S. Miller, K. Pedersen, M. W. Lutman, S. R. Swafford, P. D. Riggs, and C. T. Webb. 2012. Environmental and demographic determinants of avian influenza viruses in waterfowl across the contiguous United States. PloS One (Online: www. plosone. org) 7:e32729, doi:10. 1371/journal. pone0032729.

12-Gese, E. M., H. S. Cooley, and F. F. Knowlton. 2012. Designing a monitoring plan. Pages 353-361 in L. Boitani and R. Powell, editors. Carnivore ecology and management: a handbook of techniques. Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom.

12-Guillaumet, A., B. Dorr, and G. Wang. 2012. Towards optimized population control efficiency in space and time: A modelling framework adapted to a colonial waterbird. Ecological Modelling 235-236:95-101.

12-Kozlowski, A. J., E. M. Gese, and W. M. Arjo. 2012. Effects of intraguild predation: evaluating resource competition between two canid species with apparent niche separation. International Journal of Ecology, doi:10.1155/2012/629246. (Open access at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijeco/2012/629246/ )

12- Longcore, T., C. Rich, P. Mineau, B. Macdonald, D. G. Bert, L. M. Sullivan, E. Mutrie, S. A. Gauthreaux Jr, M. L. Avery, R. L. Crawford, A. M. Manville II, E. R. Travis, and D. Drake. 2012. An estimate of avian mortality at communication towers in the United States and Canada. PloS One (Online: www. plosone. org) 7:e34025, doi:10. 1371/journal. pone0034425.

12-Moczygemba, J. D., D. G. Hewitt, T. A. Campbell, J. A. Ortega-S., J. Feild, and M. W. Hellickson. 2012. Home ranges of the nilgai antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus) in Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 57:26-30.

12-Moulton, M. P., W. P. Cropper, Jr., L. E. Moulton, M. L. Avery, And D. Peacock. 2012. A reassessment of historical records of avian introductions to Australia: no case for propagule pressure. Biodiversity and Conservation 21:155-174.

12-Moulton, M. P., W. P. Cropper, Jr., and M. L. Avery. 2012. Historical records of passerine introductions to New Zealand fail to support the propagule pressure hypothesis. Biodiversity and Conservation 21:297-307.

12-Olson, Z. H., J. C. Beasley, T. L. DeVault, and O. E. Rhodes Jr. 2012. Scavenger community response to the removal of a dominant scavenger. Oikos 121:77-84.

12-Pedersen, K., S. N. Bevins, B. S. Schmit, M. W. Lutman, M. P. Milleson, C. T. Turnage, T. T. Bigelow, and T. J. Deliberto. 2012. Apparent prevalence of swine brucellosis in feral swine in the United States. Human-Wildlife Interactions 6:38-47.

12-Schemnits, S. D., G. R. Batcheller, M. J. Lovallo, H. B. White, and M. W. Fall. 2012. Capturing and handling wild animals. Pages 64-117 in N. J. Silvy ,editor. The wildlife techniques manual. 2 vols. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.

12-Vercauteren, K. C., R. A. Dolbeer, and E. M. Gese. 2012. Identification and management of wildlife damage. Pages 232-269 in N. J. Silvy ,editor. The wildlife techniques manual. 2 vols. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.

12-Washburn, B. E. 2012. Avian use of solid waste transfer stations. Landscape and Urban Planning 104:388-394.

12-Washburn, B. E., and T. W. Seamans. 2011. Foraging preferences of Canada geese among turfgrasses: implications for reducing human-goose conflicts. Journal of Wildlife Management 76:600-607.

12-Werner, S.J. S. K. Tupper, J.C. Carlson, S.E. Pettit, J.W. Ellis and G.M. Linz. 2012. The role of a generalized ultraviolet cue for blackbird food selection. Physiology & Behavior 106(5): 597-601.

12-Wyckoff, A. C., S. E. Henke, T. A. Campbell, D. G. Hewitt, and K. C. Vercauteren. 2012. Movement and habitat use of feral swine near domestic swine facilities. Wildlife Society Bulletin 36:130-138.