Vertebrate Pest Control Research Advisory Committee (VPCRAC): California’s Approach to Supporting Vertebrate Pest Control

Sound in Vertebrate Pest Control

A Philosophy of Vertebrate Pest Control

Vertebrate pest problems are foremost economic, po l i t i c a l and social rather than b i o l o g i c a l anomalies. Students are often turned away from vertebrate control, which is a p p l i e d ecology, by professors who know only theory and do not understand the ecology of man-modified environments. Applied ecologists seeking alternative methods of vertebrate control benefit environment fa...

Analysis Of Vertebrate Pest Research

Research on vertebrate pest control is mostly empirical, focusing on control of species X in location Y using method Z. Such an approach is needed. The science of vertebrate pest research is developing some generalizations across species, locations, and methods. This paper further explores such generalizations by discussing six questions asked by Hone (1994), the answers to which are relevant t...

Good Practice in Vertebrate Pest Control

Teaching Vertebrate Pest Control: A Challenge to Wildlife Professionals