1st INTERNATIONAL BADGER SYMPOSIUM

1-3 October 2013

Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

[more presentations will soon be added to this list]

WORLD DISTRIBUTION AND STATUS OF BADGERS

Gilbert PROULX, Alexei V. ABRAMOV, Ian ADAMS, Andy JENNINGS, Igor KHOROZYAN, Luís M. ROSALINO, Margarida SANTOS-REIS, Géraldine VERON & Emmanuel DO LINH SAN

AMERICAN BADGER STATUS IN CANADA

Ian ADAMS, Danielle ETHIER & Josh SAYERS

THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE AMERICAN BADGER (TAXIDEA TAXUS) IN CALIFORNIA

Jessie QUINN

RESEARCH HISTORY OF BADGERS IN PORTUGAL: AN UPDATED OVERVIEW AND CONSERVATION CONSEQUENCES IN A CHANGING LANDSCAPE

Margarida SANTOS-REIS & Luís M. ROSALINO

THE SYSTEMATICS AND TAXONOMY OF BADGER SPECIES OF THE WORLD – A REVIEW

Klaus-Peter KOEPFLI, Géraldine VERON & Andrew P. JENNINGS

EVOLUTION OF AMERICAN BADGERS

Pamela R. OWEN

PATTERNS OF LOCAL ADAPTATION IN NORTH AMERICAN BADGER POPULATIONS

Christopher J. KYLE, Danielle ETHIER, Joseph J. NOCERA & James MORRIS-POCOCK

MONITORING THE EUROPEAN BADGER (MELES MELES) IN SOUTHERN BELGIUM: SETT INVENTORY, POPULATION ESTIMATION AND HABITAT MODELING. ARE THERE TOO MANY BADGERS IN WALLONIA?

Vinciane SCHOCKERT, Clotilde LAMBINET, Yves CORNET & Roland LIBOIS

DEMOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS OF A LOW-DENSITY BADGER (MELES MELES) POPULATION, WESTERN SWITZERLAND

Emmanuel DO LINH SAN

DISEASE AND PESTICIDE RISKS TO AMERICAN BADGERS AT THE URBAN–WILDLIFE INTERFACE

Jessie QUINN, Yvette GIRARD, Kirsten GILARDI, Yvette HERNANDEZ, Robert POPPENGA, Bruno B. CHOMEL, Janet E. FOLEY& Christine K. JOHNSON

STATE OF OUR KNOWLEDGE ON BADGERS OF THE WORLD

Emmanuel DO LINH SAN, Ihor Dykyy & Gilbert PROULX

FACT OR FALLACY: DAMAGE TO LIVESTOCK AND AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY BY NORTH AMERICAN BADGERS AND OTHER BURROWING MAMMALS

Richard D. WEIR, Helen DAVIS, Donald V. GAYTON & Eric C. LOFROTH

HABITAT SELECTION AND USE BY AMERICAN BADGERS IN A FRAGMENTED AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE

James DOYLE, Tim VAN DEELEN, David SAMPLE & David MACFARLAND

MODELING HABITAT SUITABILITY FOR ONTARIO’S ENDANGERED POPULATION OF AMERICAN BADGERS USING PRESENCE-ONLY DATA FROM HAIR-SNAGS AND RADIO-TELEMETRY

Josh SAYERS & Danielle M. ETHIER (May cancel)

ACTIVITY-SPECIFIC HABITAT PREFERENCE IN AMERICAN BADGERS

Jessie QUINN

THE AMERICAN BADGER (TAXIDEA TAXUS), A SPECIALIZED PREDATOR OF RICHARDSON’S GROUND SQUIRRELS (UROCITELLUS RICHARDSONII) IN THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES

Gilbert PROULX

INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE HONEY BADGER (MELLIVORA CAPENSIS) AND OTHER PREDATORS IN THE SOUTHERN KALAHARI: INTRAGUILD PREDATION AND FACILITATION

Colleen M. BEGG, Keith S. BEGG, Emmanuel DO LINH SAN, Johann T. Du Toit & M. Gus L. MILLS

RECOVERY OF AMERICAN BADGERS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA: THINGS THAT WORKED, THINGS THAT DIDN’T, AND LESSONS LEARNED

Richard D. WEIR, Ian ADAMS, Ted ANTIFEAU, Helen DAVIS, Alan DIBB, Orville DYER, Corinna HOODICOFF, Richard KLAFKI, Karl LARSEN, Eric C. LOFROTH, Nancy NEWHOUSE, Roger PACKHAM, & Karyn SUTHERLAND

TECHNIQUES FOR COLLECTING ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION ON AMERICAN BADGERS (TAXIDEA TAXUS)

Richard W. KLAFKI, Richard WEIR, Trevor KINLEY, Roger PACKHAM, Corinna HOODICOFF & Malcolm MCADIE

A NOVEL SURGICAL RADIO TRANSMITTER IMPLANTATION TECHNIQUE FOR AMERICAN BADGERS

James DOYLE, Lindsey LONG, Tim VAN DEELEN, David SAMPLE & David MACFARLAND

NON-INVASIVE METHODS TO STUDY BADGERS

Gilbert PROULX

A HOLE IN THE METHODS: THE REINTRODUCTION OF ORPHAN BADGERS (TAXIDEA TAXUS JEFFERSONII) USING THE SOFT-RELEASE TECHNIQUE NEAR 100 MILE HOUSE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

Roger PACKHAM & Richard KLAFKI

THE BADGER (MAMMALIA; CARNIVORA) FROM THE MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE SITE OF THE “CAUNE DE L’ARAGO” (TAUTAVEL, FRANCE): PALAEOECOLOGICAL AND PALAEOCLIMATE INFERANCES FOR NORTHWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN POPULATIONS

Gaëtan BOURGEOIS & Anne-Marie MOIGNE

THE USE OF CANINE SCENT DETECTION AND DNA TESTING TO ASSESS THE DISTRIBUTION OF AMERICAN BADGERS IN WESTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY

Cheryl BREHME, Ron REMPEL, Heath SMITH, Samrat MONDOL, Samuel WASSER & Robert FISCHER

ANNUAL PATTERN OF DEN USE BY BADGERS AND RED FOXES AS REVEALED BY THE

PRESENCE OF FIELD SIGNS

Emmanuel DO LINH SAN

TRACE ELEMENT ASSAYS OF CLAW KERATIN TO TRACK MOVEMENT AND HABITAT SELECTION IN AN ELUSIVE CARNIVORE: THE AMERICAN BADGER

Danielle M. ETHIER, Christopher J. KYLE, T. Kurt KYSER & Joseph J. NOCERA

POPULATION SUBDIVISION AND PERIPHERAL ISOLATION IN AMERICAN BADGERS (TAXIDEA TAXUS) AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION PLANNING IN CANADA

Danielle M. ETHIER, Alex LAFLECHE, Brad J. SWANSON, Joseph J. NOCERA & Christopher J. KYLE

RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF AMERICAN BADGER (TAXIDEA TAXUS) AND RED FOX (VULPES VULPES) IN LANDSCAPES WITH HIGH AND LOW RODENTICIDE POISONING LEVELS

Gilbert PROULX & Neil MACKENZIE

A COMPARISON OF MONITORING METHODS FOR AMERICAN BADGERS (TAXIDEA TAXUS)

Jessie QUINN

HISTORICAL DISTRIBUTION OF BADGERS IN PORTUGAL BASED ON PLACE-NAMES’ TOPONYMY

Luís M. ROSALINO, Luciano M. VERDADE & Margarida SANTOS-REIS

PRELIMINARY INSIGHTS INTO THE LAND COVER AND HUMAN DISTURBANCE EFFECTS ON BADGER OCCUPANCY IN NORTHEAST SCOTLAND

André P. SILVA, Kerry KILSHAW, David W. MACDONALD & Luís M. ROSALINO

FOOD HABITS OF THE EUROPEAN BADGER (MELES MELES) IN THE BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK, GERMANY

Sylvia STÜRZER

HABITAT ECOLOGY OF THE EUROPEAN BADGER (MELES MELES) IN THE CLOSED MOUNTAINOUS FOREST OF THE BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK, GERMANY

Sylvia STÜRZER

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