Volume 2, Issue 2
Fall 2008

Special Topic: Bear–Human Conflicts

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• Editor’s Introduction
  Why are so many people attacked by predators?
  Michael R. Conover Page 139
• In the News
  Joe N. Caudell Page 141

Columns

The Director’s Desk

• It’s a bear market for research
  Johan T. du Toit Page 144
• Misconceptions hamper protection of bears
  Bruce D. Leopold Page 145

The Soap Box

• Help me, I need to know
  Roger D. Applegate Page 146
• Impacts of the cancellation of the spring bear hunt in Ontario, Canada
  Raynald Harvey Lemelin Page 148
• Resolving conflicts between humans and the threatened Louisiana black bear
  Walter Cotton Page 151

Commentary

• Impacts of the black bear supplemental feeding program on ecology in western Washington
  Georg J. Ziegltrum Page 153
• Yosemite National Park: the continuous evolution of human–black bear confl ict management
  Joseph S. Madison Page 160

Peer-Reviewed Articles

• Carnivores, urban landscapes, and longitudinal studies: a case history of black bears
  Jon P. Beckmann and Carl W. Lackey Page 168
• Effects of aversive conditioning on behavior of nuisance Louisiana black bears
  Jennifer Leigh and Michael J. Chamberlain Page 175
• Trans fatty acids provide evidence of anthropogenic feeding by black bears
  Gregory W. Thiemann, Randal S. Stahl, Sharon Baruch-Mordo, and Stewart W. Breck Page 183
• How people should respond when encountering a large carnivore: opinions of wildlife professionals
  Dylan E. Brown and Michael R. Conover Page 194

From the Field

• Conflicts between local villagers and Tibetan brown bears threaten conservation of bears in a remote region of the Tibetan Plateau
  Fiona R. Worthy and J. Marc Foggin Page 200

Other Peer-Reviewed Articles

• Evaluation of physical barriers to prevent prairie dog colony expansion
  Gary Witmer, James Gionfriddo, and Michael Pipas Page 206
• Evaluation of an oral vaccination program to control raccoon rabies in a suburbanized landscape
  Jason R. Boulanger, Laura L. Bigler, Paul D. Curtis, Donald H. Lein, and Arthur J. Lembo Jr. Page 212
• Modeling wildlife damage to crops in northern Indiana
  Mónica I. Retamosa, Lee A. Humberg, James C. Beasley, and Olin E. Rhodes Jr. Page 225
• Mammalian hazards at small airports in Indiana: impact of perimeter fencing
  Travis L. DeVault, Jacob E. Kubel, David J. Glista, and Olin E. Rhodes Jr. Page 240
• Relationship between raccoon abundance and crop damage
  James C. Beasley and Olin E. Rhodes Jr. Page 248
• Use of a population viability analysis to evaluate human-induced impacts and mitigation for the endangered Lower Keys marsh rabbit
  David H. LaFever, Paige M. Schmidt, Neil D. Perry, Craig A.
  Faulhaber, Roel R. Lopez, Nova J. Silvy, and Elizabeth A. Forys Page 260
• Population and spatial dynamics of resident Canada geese in southeastern Nebraska
  Scott R. Groepper, P. Joseph Gabig, Mark P. Vrtiska, Jason M. Gilsdorf, Scott E. Hygnstrom, and
  Larkin A. Powell Page 270

In Memory

• Paul Eugene Bucklin
  by Kraig L. Glazier Page 278