Canid Biology and Conservation
An International Conference
Programme
* Lead authors will present papers unless indicated otherwise
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SWIFT, KIT & ARCTIC FOX 15:20 – 15:45 SYMPOSIUM Tea
Mon 17 September 15:45 – 17:30 Theatre A Short Presentations and Discussion of Management Programmes Moderators: Anders Angerbjorn & Pall Hersteinsson • Arctic Fox in Sweden and Finland 13:30 – 13:40 Anders Angerbjorn Introduction
• Arctic Fox in Iceland 13:40 – 14:00 Pall Hersteinsson Swift fox, Vulpes velox, Re-introduction in
Canada and the USA • Swift Fox Reintroduction in Canada Clio Smeeton & Ken Weagle Lu Carbyn
14:00 – 14:20 • The Pribilof Fox – An Insular Canid Facing an San Joaquin Kit Fox Uncertain Future Brian Cypher Paula White (Presented by Pall Hersteinsson) • Captive Breeding of Swift Fox in 14:20 – 14:40 Canada Swift Fox Vocalisations: Their Possible Clio Smeeton Application to Population censuses • Safi Darden Captive Breeding of Arctic Fox in Norway 14:40 – 15:00 John Linnell Search Dogs and DNA Analyses of Scat: A Non-Invasive Approach for Monitoring Endangered San Joaquin Kit Foxes Suggested Issues for Discussion: Deborah Anne Smith • Captive breeding 15:00 – 15:20 • Reintroduction Home Range and Spatial Organization of • Translocation Arctic Foxes – Responses to Spatio-temporal • Predator control Distribution of Prey • Feeding Nina E. Eide • Genetics
BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY DISEASE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY Tues 18 September Tues 18 September Theatre A Theatre A
Moderator: Luigi Boitani Moderator: Arun Venkataraman
09:00 - 09:05 14:00 - 14:35 Welcome message PLENARY: Canid Diseases and Conservation Rosie Woodroffe, Karen Laurenson & Marc Artois
09:05 - 09:40 14:35 - 15:00 PLENARY: The Ecology and Behaviour of Targeting Disease Control Programmes for Canid Society Endangered Canids: Cost-Effectiveness of David Macdonald, Scott Creel & Gus Mills Alternative Strategies for Ethiopian Wolves Karen Laurenson, Daniel Haydon & EWCP 09:40 - 10:05 Greeting Behaviour in African Wild Dogs: 15:00 - 15:25 Putting Behaviour Back into Behavioural Development of a Bait, and Baiting System, for the Delivery of Oral Rabies Vaccine to Ecology African Wild Dogs (Lycaon pictus) James Malcolm Darryn Knobel
10:05 - 10:30 15:25 - 15:50 Intraguild Competition Between Arctic and The Significance of Canids in the Red Foxes Epidemiology of Human Leishmaniasis Bodil Elmhagen, Magnus Tannerfeldt & Anders Orin Courtenay Angerbjorn
10:30 - 10:55 Wolf population ecology in Russian Karelia CANID SYSTEMATICS, and Finland: effects of prey availability and PALAEONTOLOGY AND exploitation by humans PHYLOGEOGRAPHY Ilpo Kojola & Pjotr. Danilov Tues 18 September Theatre A 10:55 - 11:15 Coffee Moderator: James Malcolm
11:15 - 11:40 16:15 - 16:50 Male-Biased Sex Ratio in African Wild Dogs PLENARY: Evolution and Systematics of J. Weldon McNutt Canids Blaire van Valkenburgh
11:40 - 12:05 16:50 - 17:15 Ecology of the Endangered Darwin's Fox The Earliest Canids in Africa (Pseudalopex fulvipes) in a Fragmented Forest Lars Werdelin & Margaret Lewis in Southern Chile Jaime Jimenez & Jaime Rau 17:15 - 17:40 Aspects of Canid Systematics Revealed 12:05 - 12:30 Through Supertree Analysis Comparative Ecology and Conservation Olaf Bininda-Emonds Priorities of Swift and Kit Foxes 17:40 - 18:05 Axel Moehrenschlager, Brian Cypher, Kathy Ralls, Using Ancient DNA Techniques to Address Rurik List & M. Sovada Questions in Canid Systematics Jennifer Leonard, Carles Vila & Robert Wayne 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch 18:05 – 18:30 Consequences Of Demographic Bottlenecks and Genetic Drift on Population and Phylogeographic Structure of Fragmented Wolf Populations in West Eurasia Stephan Funk, Vittorio Lucchini & Ettore Randi
POPULATION DYNAMICS AND CONFLICT & CONTROL MODELLING Wed 19 September Tues 18 September Theatre A Theatre B Moderator: Weldon McNutt Moderator: Gus Mills 09:00 - 09:35 14:35 - 15:00 PLENARY: Management and Control of Wild The Implications of the Allee Effect for the Canids Near People Conservation of Painted Hunting Dogs Claudio Sillero-Zubiri & Jonathan Reynolds Franck Courchamp & Greg Rasmussen 09:35 - 10:00 15:00 - 15:25 Red Fox and Grouse Populations in Finland: Is Source-sink Dynamics Induced by Hunting of the Fox Threatening Grouse Populations? Culpeos to Reduce Sheep Predation in Kaarina Kauhala Patagonia Andres Novaro & Martín Funes 10:00 - 10:25 Coyote Predation on Domestic Sheep as a 15:25 - 15:50 Model System to Investigate Positive and Hunting, Migration and Sinks/sources Among Negative Indirect Effects Between Prey Northern Canadian Wolf Populations Ben Sacks Marco Musiani, Cormack Gates, Paul Paquet, Dean Cluff, Lyle Walton, Paul Wilson & Bradley White 10:25 - 10:50 Golden Jackals in Intensively Cultivated Areas 15:50 – 16:15 of Bangladesh: Daring Dacoits or Rat Control Tea Wallahs Michael Jaeger, Parvin Sultana & Emdadul Haque 16:50 - 17:15 Feeding Success of African Wild Dogs in 10:50 - 11:15 Relation to Group Size and Kleptoparasitism: Coffee The Emergence of an Allee Effect? Chris Carbone, Lory Frame, George Frame, James 11:15 - 11:40 Malcolm, John Fanshawe, Clare FitzGibbon, George Red Fox Population Management in Britain Schaller, Iain Gordon, Marcus Rowcliffe & Johan du Jonathan Reynolds Toit 11:40 - 12:05 17:15 - 17:40 Wolves and Livestock: Problem Packs and Density Dependence in the Icelandic Arctic Vulnerable Farms Fox Population Adrian Treves, Adrian Wydeven & Lisa Naughton- Pall Hersteinsson Treves
17:40 - 18:05 12:05 - 12:30 Modelling Territorial Animal Populations Aversive and Disruptive Stimuli for Managing With Social Structure Wolf Predation William Pitt, Frederick Knowlton & Paul Box John Shivik, Stewart Breck, Rick Williamson, Val Asher, Kyran Kunkle, Mike Phillips & Ed Bangs
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
POPULATION GENETICS REPRODUCTIVE ECOLOGY Wed 19 September Wed 19 September Theatre A Theatre B
Moderator: Eli Geffen Moderator: Rurik List
14:00 - 14:35 14:35 - 15:00 PLENARY: Genetics of Canids Reproductive Tactics in Golden Jackals (Canis Robert Wayne aureus): a Model Incorporating Kinship, 14:35 - 15:00 Behavioural Conflict, and Ecological Detecting Coyote Introgression into the Wild Constraints Red Wolf Population Patricia Moehlman & Heribert Hofer Jennifer Adams, Lisette Waits, Craig Miller, William Waddell & Arthur Beyer (Presented by Lisette Waits 15:00 - 15:25 or Craig Miller) Evidence for Induced Ovulation in the Channel Island Grey Fox, Urocyon littoralis 15:00 - 15:25 Joan Bauman, Cheryl Asa & Tim Coonan Topographic Barriers to Gene Flow in Wolves (Canis lupus) of the Canadian Northwest Lindsey Carmichael, John Nagy, Nic Larter & Curtis 15:25 - 15:50 Strobeck Characteristics of Oestrous Cycles and Inter- oestrous Intervals in Fennec Foxes (Vulpes 15:25 - 15:50 zerda) Hybridization and Conservation Genetics of Carolina Valdespino & Cheri Asa Scandinavian Wolves Carles Vila, Anna-Karin Sundqvist & Hans Ellegren 15:50 – 16:15 Tea
CONSERVATION POLICY AND PLANNING POPULATION GENETICS Wed 19 September (continued) Theatre A Wed 19 September Theatre B Moderator: Karen Laurenson
16:15 - 16:50 16:50 - 17:15 PLENARY: Science and Politics of Wolf The Use of Molecular Tools in Management Management in Europe Procedures of Existing Canid Captive Luigi Boitani Breeding Programmes Samantha Bremner, Paulo Prodöhl & Robert Elwood 16:50 - 17:15 Conservation of Wild Dogs in South Africa: 17:15 - 17:40 Problems with Establishing a Metapopulation Is the Endangered Fennoscandian Arctic Fox Gus Mills Population Genetically Isolated? 17:15 - 17:40 Love Dalen, Magnus Tannerfeldt, Anders Angerbjorn North American Canid Taxon Advisory & Anders Götherström Group Regional Collection Plan Jack Grisham & Karen Bauman* 17:40 - 18:05 Genetic Characterization of Himalayan Wolf, 17:40 - 18:05 an Endangered Canid from India, Using DNA Gray Wolf Restoration in the North-western Markers United States Ramesh Aggarwal, J. Ramadevi & Lalji Singh Edward Bangs, John Shivik*, et al.
CONSERVATION TOOLS AND POPULATION ECOLOGY PRACTICE Thu 20 September Thu 20 September Theatre A Theatre B
Moderator: Rosie Woodroffe Moderator: Andres Novaro
09:00 - 09:35 09:35 - 10:00 PLENARY: Reintroduction, Translocation, Effects of Removing Breeding Coyotes on Population Management and Captive Coyote Spatial Organization Breeding of Canids Karen Blejwas, Dale McCullough & Michael Jaeger Cheryl Asa, Axel Moehrenschlager & Luigi Boitani (Presented by Mike Jaeger or Brian Mitchell)
09:35 - 10:00 10:00 - 10:25 Golden Eagles, Island Foxes and Feral Pigs: The Role of Predation by Wolves (Canis lupus How Exotic Species Turn Native Predators pallipes) and Jackals (Canis aureus) on into Prey Blackbuck (Antelope cervicapra) in Velavadar Gary Roemer, Josh Donlan & Franck Courchamp National Park, India Yadvendradev Jhala 10:00 - 10:25 Managing the Wolf (Canis lupus) Expansion in 10:25 - 10:50 Western Europe: Conservation and Control Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Resource Strategies Utilization by Culpeo Foxes in Central Chile Guillaume Chapron, Stéphane Legendre, Jean Valeria Salvatori, Luigi Boitani, Andrea Campanella, Clobert, Régis Ferrière & Robert G. Haight Gaia Vaglio-Laurin & Peter Meserve
10:25 - 10:50 10:50 - 11:15 Activities and Successes: the Ethiopian Wolf Coffee Conservation Programme Stuart Williams 11:15 - 11:40 Why Are Dholes So Abundant in the Nilgiri 10:50 - 11:15 Foothills, Southern India? Coffee Arun Venkataraman & Narendra Babu
11:15 - 11:40 11:40 - 12:05 Current Conservation Efforts for San Joaquin Gray Fox Distribution in Southern California: Kit Foxes Effects of Carnivore Competitors and Brian Cypher, Patrick Kelly & Daniel Williams Suburbanization Todd Fuller, Raymond Sauvajot, Veronica Farias, Jose 11:40 - 12:05 Fedriani, Seth Riley, Eric York, Denise Kamradt & Use of Hoo Calls as a Tool in African Wild Robert Wayne Dog Conservation Bob Robbins & Kim McCreery 12:05 - 12:30 Poster Viewing 12:05 - 12:30 The Relationships between Humans and Wolves in the Montesinho Natural Park (North-east of Portugal): From Destruction to Conservation João Pedro Galhano Alves
UPDATES FROM THE FIELD CANID TAXONOMY (W) Thu 20 September Thu 20 September Theatre A Theatre B
Moderator: James Malcolm Moderators: Bob Wayne & Blaire van Valkenburgh
14:00 - 14:20 14:00 – 15:45 & 16:15 - 17:30 Bush Dogs (Speothos venaticus) in Eastern Paraguay: a Preliminary Analysis of Diet and Aim: Determine CSG position on systematic status Habitat Associations of several canid species Gerald Zuercher (Presented byMatt Swarner) Topics: 14:20 - 14:40 • Splitting of Nyctereutes procyonoides Ecological Niche of the Pampas Fox • Pseudalopex fulvipes status (Pseudalopex gymnocercus) in a Mountain • Vulpes velox & V. macrotis separate status Grassland of Argentina • Dingo/New Guinea Singing Dog a distinct taxon? Mauro Lucherini, Diego Birochio & Vidal Estela Or C. lupus subspecies? Luengos • Pseudalopex (Lycalopex) superspecies
14:40 – 15:00 Special Talk: Is "Tanuki" a Separate Species? Demographic Structure of the Latvian Wolf Midori Saeki & *Kaarina Kauhala Population (Based on the Investigation of Hunted Individuals) Zanete Andersone CONSERVATION PRIORITIES 15:00 – 15:20 (W) Developing a Technique for Attracting Bush Thu 20 September Dogs (Speothos venaticus) in the Wild Seminar Room D38 (C4) Karen E. DeMatteo, Osvaldo Carrillo, Gerald L. Zuercher, Kelli Smith & Ingrid Porton Moderators: David Macdonald & Working Group 15:20 – 15:40 Coordinators Wolf Monitoring, Research and Management on the Scandinavian Peninsula 14:00 - 15:45 & 16:15 - 17:30 Petter Wabakken, Håkan Sand, Olof Liberg, Hans Christian Pedersen & Åke Aronson Aim: Determine CSG priorities for the ‘Canid Action Plan for the 21st century’ 15:40 – 16:15 Tea Topics: • How to measure conservation success • Determine which species merit specific action CANID RED LIST VALIDATION plans (W) • Projects and actions involving all species: Thu 20 September - Canid Database Theatre A - Status Surveys - Protocols and Priorities Moderator: Claudio Sillero & Luigi Boitani - Education & Public Relations • Role of Regional Sections and Working Groups Aim: Evaluate Red List for the Canidae in Action Implementation
16:15 – 16:35 Special Talk: Species Information System Luigi Boitani
16:35 – 17:00 Red List Criteria and RAMAS Software
17:00 - 17:30 Species-by species Assessments
SPECIES ACTION PLANS (W) CSG MEMBERSHIP ISSUES (W) Fri 21 September Fri 21 September Theatre B & C4 (D38) Seminar Room C4
Moderators: Gus Mills, Rosie Woodroffe & Species Moderators: Claudio Sillero and Regional Section Working Group Coordinators Chairs
09:30 – 12:30 & 14:00 – 15:30 11:15 – 12:30 &14:00 – 15:30
Aim: Formulate action plans for all threatened canid Aim: Discuss CSG operation and other businesses species for the ‘Canid Action Plan for the 21st Century’ Topics: • Effectiveness of current structure [The workshop moderators may choose to divide in • Need for a CSG Project Officer groups to discuss each threatened species • Status of current CSG Officers separately] • CSG Website • Canids-L Topics: • Adoption of New Logo Projects and actions for African wild dog Projects • Election of an Editorial Board for the Canid and actions for Ethiopian wolf News Online Projects and actions for dhole Projects and actions for bush dog 15:30 – 16:00 Projects and actions for Island gray fox Tea
CANID RED LIST VALIDATION WORKSHOP REPORTS & (W) (continued) DEBATE Fri 21 September Fri 21 September Seminar Room D38 Theatre B
Moderators: Claudio Sillero & Luigi Boitani Moderator: David Macdonald
09:30 - 10:45 16:00 – 16:40 Species-by Species Assessments Workshop Reports
10:45 - 11:15 16:40 – 17:30 Coffee Debate
17:30 Closing Remarks