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Proceedings of the 13th Biennal Symposium
Rapid City, South Dakota
Table of Contents
Disease and Parasites
Parasites in Dall’s sheep: what we can learn from historical and contemporary collections (or: putting together the pieces!).
Kutz, S. J., A. M. Veitch, N. Simmons, E. Hoberg, B. Elkin, E. J. Jenkins, and L. Polley
Investigating and interpreting population health in Dall’s sheep in the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada.
Jenkins, E. J., A. M. Veitch, B. T. Elkin, S. J. Kutz, M. Chirino-Trejo, and L. Polley
Contact zone between expanding muskox populations and Dall’s sheep – an emerging disease issue.
Kutz, S. J., A. M. Veitch, J. Nagy, B. Elkin, E. Hoberg, E. J. Jenkins, and L. Polley
Viability of air-bourne Pasteurella spp.
Dixon, D., K. Rudolph, L. Cowen, D. L. Hunter, and A.C.S. Ward
Molecular identification of Pasteurella-related outbreaks in bighorn sheep using pulse field gel electrophoresis.
Hosch-Hebdon, T.
Genetic resistance to disease in wild sheep.
Rudolph, K., T. Hosch-Hebdon, and D. E. Toweill
Genetics
Mountain goat horns of the Kootenay Region of British Columbia.
Gilchrist, D
Genetic paternity and horn size in bighorn sheep: evolutionary and management implications.
Coltman, D., M. Festa-Bianchet, J. Jorgenson, and C. Strobeck
Quantification of a known population bottleneck in Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep in Custer State Park, South Dakota.
Goldstein, E. J., G. Luikart, and G. C. Brundige
Population Monitoring
A review and comparison of management concerns, objectives and strategies for two native bighorn sheep populations.
Alt, K., and Q. Kujala
Bighorn sheep survival in Badlands National Park 1997-2000: can routine sampling help predict survival?
Bourassa, M. A., and S. V. Huzurbazar
Relationship between population density and mortality of bighorn sheep in Hells Canyon.
Lammers, W. M., and E. F. Cassirer
Age- and sex-specific local survival in unhunted mountain goats.
Festa-Bianchet, M., and S. D. Côté
Validation of a helicopter census technique for bighorn sheep.
Taylor, E., D. E. Toweill, E. O. Garton, and W. Van Dyke
Status Reports
The status of the mountain goats in the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada.
Veitch, A., E. Simmons, M. Promislow, D. Tate, and R. Popko
Status of Oregon Rocky Mountain goats.
Coggins, V. L., and P. E. Matthews
Nutrition
Bighorn sheep lamb survival, trace minerals, rainfall and air pollution: Are there any connections?
Hnilicka, P., J. Mionczynski, B. Mincher, J. States, M. Hinschberger, S. Oberlie, C. Thompson, and B. Yates
An investigation into the selenium requirements of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep.
Dean, R., P. Hnilicka, and T. Kreeger
Transplant Assessment
Ecological assessment of recently reintroduced Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep along the Wasatch front.
Whiting, J.
Predation and bighorn sheep transplants in New Mexico: a tale of two herds.
Rominger, E. M., H. A. Whitlaw, D. Weybright, and W. C. Dunn
The landscape of fear and it’s implications to sheep reintroductions.
Laundré, J., L. Hernandez, I. Arias and G. Fowles
Habitat Use
A GIS-based habitat model for bighorn sheep winter range in Glacier National Park, Montana.
Dicus, G.
Evaluation of habitat selection by a reintroduced population of California bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) in south-central Idaho.>/a>
Fowles, G., J. Laundré, T. Ferguson, and N. Huntly
Bite rates in bighorn sheep:effects of season, age, sex and reproductive status.
Ruckstuhl, K. E., J. T. Jorgenson, and M. Festa-Bianchet
Capture and Disease Testing Protocols
Discussion of proposed disease testing protocol for transplants.
Foster, C., and K. Hurley
Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) diseases: a brief iterature review and risk assessment for translocation.
Dubay, S. , H. Schwantije, J. De Vos, and T. McKinney
Managing Domestic Sheep/Wild Sheep Interactions
Bighorn pneumonia die-offs: an observer’s short history and synthesis.
Heimer, W.
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep/domestic sheep and goat interactions, a management perspective.
Coggins, V.
Managing domestic sheep allotments in bighorn sheep habitat: seeking solutions.
Hurley, K.
POSTER SESSION
Infrared survey of California bighorn sheep in Idaho.
Bernatas, S., and L. Nelson
Spatial and temporal synchrony in horn growth of Dall’s sheep rams in the Yukon.
Carey, J., and D. Hik
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep management in Badlands National Park.
Childers, E.
Population status of Transcaspian Urial (Ovis orientalis [vignei] arkal) at Aktau-Buzachinskiy Nature Reserve, Kazakhstan.
Frisina, M. R.
Determining pregnancy status of Rocky Mountain bighorn ewes from fecal P4, a progesterone derivative hormone.
Goldstein, E. J., J. Bauman, and G. C. Brundige
The behavioural effects of helicopter logging on mountain goats.
Gordon, S.
Life cycle, distribution, and significance of Parelaphostrongylus odocoileiin thinhorn sheep (Ovis dalli).
Jenkins, E. J., A. M. Veitch, E. P. Hoberg, S. J. Kutz, B. T. Elkin, and L. Polley
Use of low elevation habitats by bighorn sheep in Nebraska.
Klinksiek, E., and S. Fairbanks
Lamb production and survival of a bighorn sheep population in central Idaho.
McDaniel, C.
Using GPS telemetry to study the seasonal habitats of mountain goats within the Sunshine Coast Forest District, British Columbia.
Taylor, S., and W. Wall
Heirarchial habitat selection by Dall’s sheep within the Tanana-Yukon uplands, Alaska.
Wendling, B., B. Griffith, and J. Lawler
Population structure and genetic variation of horn size in Dall’s sheep from the Northwest Territories.
Worley, K., A. Veitch, and D. Coltman
Dall sheep disagreements: an Alaska management controversy.
Heimer, W. E., S. Watson-Keller, V. Geist, S. Castle Kirstein, and T. C. Smith