USGS Presents 8 Papers at Brown Treesnake Tech Group Meeting

 

The Brown Treesnake (BTS) Technical Working Group Spring 2012 meeting, held 25 April 2012 on Guam, featured presentations on BTS research and control and interdiction efforts, as well as newly emerging invasive species issues in the Marianas. Presenters were from the University of Guam, Guam Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and USGS (including Colorado State University collaborators and others). The general public and interested parties were invited to attend. USGS scientists and collaborators' presentations included the following:

· An evolutionary approach to the biological management of invasive brown treesnakes (Boiga irregularis) on Guam (Jonathan Q. Richmond, James W. Stanford, Dustin A. Wood, and Robert N. Fisher)

· Overview of USGS/CSU research efforts, 2009 to present (Robert N. Reed, Julie A. Savidge, and Gordon H. Rodda)

· Unintended consequences and ecological complexity associated with control of the brown treesnake (Robert N. Reed, Gordon H. Rodda, Julie A. Savidge, Bjorn Lardner, and Amy A. Yackel Adams)

· The problem posed by small BTS in operational control (Bjorn Lardner, Julie A. Savidge, Robert N. Reed, Gordon H. Rodda, Amy A. Yackel Adams, and Shane R. Siers)

· Targeting the small snakes: Where have we been and where are we going? (Bjorn Lardner, Julie A. Savidge, Robert N. Reed, Gordon H. Rodda, Amy A. Yackel Adams, and Peter J. Schupp)

· Under what circumstances does visual searching work best? (Amy A. Yackel Adams, Gordon H. Rodda, Robert Reed, Bjorn M. Lardner, Julie A. Savidge, and Shane R. Siers)

· The Brown Treesnake Rapid Response Team: Activities update and new challenges to snake interdiction (James Stanford)

· Burmese pythons in Florida: Is there any science behind the hype? (Robert N. Reed)

 For more information contact: Bob Reed

See Also:

 Control and Containment of the Brown Treesnake and Other Invasive Reptiles

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