Swift Fox Symposium

Ecology and Conservation of Swift Foxes in a Changing World

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
February 18-19, 1998

Abstracts

U.S. Geological Survey.  1998.  Swift fox symposium:  Ecology and conservation
     of swift foxes in a changing world.  18-19 February 1998, Saskatoon,
     Saskatchewan.  Abstracts.  U.S. Geological Survey, Canadian Wildlife
     Service, The Wildlife Society, and the Swift Fox Conservation Society.

U.S. Geological Survey.  1998.  Swift fox symposium:  Ecology and conservation
     of swift foxes in a changing world.  18-19 February 1998, Saskatoon,
     Saskatchewan.  Abstracts.  U.S. Geological Survey, Canadian Wildlife
     Service, The Wildlife Society, and the Swift Fox Conservation Society.
     Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online. 
     http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/mammals/swiftfox/index.htm
     (Version 31JUL98).

Table of Contents

Winter Abundance and Distribution of Small Mammals in the Canadian Mixed-Grass Prairies and Implications for the Swift Fox

Erika E. Almási-Klausz and Ludwig N. Carbyn.

Ecology of Swift Fox in Southeastern Colorado

David E. Andersen, Thomas R. Laurion, John R. Cary, Robert S. Sikes, and Eric M. Gese.

An Overview of Reproductive Processes in Small Canids

Cheryl Asa and Carolina Valdespino

An Investigation into the Causes of Mortality in a Reintroduced Free Ranging Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) Population 1997.

Sandra R. Black, Axel Moehrenschlager, and Ludwig N. Carbyn.

Diet and Hunting Behaviour of Captive-bred Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) Intended for Release.

Samantha Bremner.

Patterns of Range Collapse in Swift Fox and Other Canids

Rob Channell, and Mark V. Lomolino.

Hematology and Serum Chemistry of Wild Caught Swift Foxes (Vulpes velox)

R. M. Cooper, Sandra R. Black, V. L. Honeyman, and H. J. Spratt.

Distribution and Population Status of the Kit Fox (Vulpes macrotis zinseri) in Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Mauricio Cotera Correa.

Experience in Hand-raising Swift Foxes for Zoo Display and Public Education

John Creviston and David Leeb.

Factors Influencing Populations of San Joaquin Kit Foxes: Implications for Conservation and Recovery

Brian L. Cypher, Gregory D. Warrick, Patrick A. Kelly, and Daniel F. Williams.

A Conservation Design -- Conservation Assessment and Conservation Strategy for Swift Fox in the United States

Eileen Dowd Stukel, Christiane Roy, Brian Giddings, and Lloyd Fox.

Landscape Changes and Swift Fox Conservation

David A. Gauthier.

Swift Fox Habitat Protection Guidelines: Do We Have Enough Knowledge?

Wayne C. Harris and John R. Taggert.

Current Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) Distribution and Habitat Selection Within Areas of Historical Occurrence in New Mexico

Robert L. Harrison and C. Gregory Schmitt.

Canada's Swift Fox Reintroduction: An Experiment in Ecological Restoration

Stephen Herrero.

Dens and Den Sites of the Swift Fox, Vulpes velox, in western Kansas

Victoria L. Jackson and Jerry R. Choate.

A Review of the U.S. Wild Captures Within the Context of the Canadian Reintroduction Program

Jeff Johnson and Ludwig N. Carbyn.

Endangered Species Recovery in An Agricultural Landscape: The Case of The San Joaquin Kit Fox

Patrick A. Kelly and Daniel F. Williams.

A Den-centered Analysis of Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) Habitat Characteristics on the Kiowa National Grasslands, New Mexico.

Keith M. Kintigh and Mark C. Andersen.

Resource Partitioning Between Swift Foxes and Coyotes: Space, Time, And Diet

Ann M. Kitchen, Eric M. Gese, and Edward R. Schauster.

Historical and Recent Status of the Swift Fox in Montana

Craig J. Knowles, Pamela R. Knowles, Brian Giddings, and Arnold R. Dood.

The Status of the Swift Fox in Zoos and How Both Can Benefit from Each Other.

Thomas J. Krejczyk.

Monitoring Swift Fox Presence to Detect Declines

Frederick G. Lindzey, J. Scott Dieni, Travis Olson, and Stanley Anderson.

Can the Wily Coyote be Outfoxed?: Lessons from Swift Foxes in Canada and Mexico

Axel Moehrenschlager, Rurik List, and David Macdonald.

A Trapping and Handling Protocol to Limit Stress and Injury to Swift Foxes

Axel Moehrenschlager, David Macdonald, and Cynthia Moehrenschlager.

The Application of The Endangered Species Act to The Swift Fox

John Copeland Nagle.

A Review of Tooth Anomalies Observed in Swift Foxes in the Canadian Program.

Shawn Olsen and Ludwig N. Carbyn.

A Noninvasive Method for Distinguishing Among Canid Species: Amplification and Enzyme Restriction of Mitochondrial DNA From Scats

Eleni Paxinos, Carl McIntosh, Katherine Ralls, and Robert Fleischer.

A Rancher's Perspective on Prairie Conservation and the Swift Fox Project: Five Generations of Land Stewardship.

Mary Jane Pietrowski and Ludwig N. Carbyn.

Parasites and Diseases of Wild Swift Fox

Margo J. Pybus and Elizabeth S. Williams.

Using Microsatellites to Determine Parentage in Kit Foxes

Katherine Ralls, Robert C. Fleischer, and Patrick J. White.

Ageing of Swift Foxes Using Tooth Sectioning Techniques

Melissa Richholt, Ludwig N. Carbyn, and Elaine Street.

Genetic and Morphological Characteristics of The Kit Fox (Vulpes macrotis) In South Central New Mexico

Penny J. Rodrick and Nancy E. Mathews.

An Improved Method for Determining the Distribution of Swift Foxes in Kansas

Christiane C. Roy, Marsha A. Sovada, and Glen A. Sargeant.

Scent-station Survey Methods for Swift and Kit Foxes

Glen A. Sargeant, Patrick J. White, Marsha A. Sovada, and Brian L. Cypher.

Population Ecology and Evaluation of Survey Methods for Swift Fox

Edward R. Schauster, Eric M. Gese, and Ann M. Kitchen.

Reproductive Biology of Swift Foxes (Vulpes velox) in Captivity

Curt Schroeder and Roy Dyke.

Swift Fox Detection Methods and Distribution in the Oklahoma Panhandle

Michael J. Shaughnessy Jr. and Mark V. Lomolino.

Captive Breeding of Swift Fox at the Cochrane Wildlife Reserve

Clio Smeeton and Ken Weagle.

The Reintroduction of Swift Fox to the West Block of Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, Using Captive Bred Animals

Clio Smeeton and Ken Weagle.

Swift Fox Mortality in Grassland and Cropland Landscapes of Western Kansas

Marsha A. Sovada, Christiane C. Roy, and Robert O. Woodward.

A Review of the Swift Fox Conservation Society's Activities in Canada: Role of a Non-Government Organization

George Stuetz, Laurie McGivern, and Lori Wilson.

What Do These Swift Fox Really Do? Captive Swift Fox Behaviour During The Summer Months

Emma C. Teeling.

Zoo-based Conservation Initiatives for The Swift Fox

Tarren Wagener and Michael Fouraker.

Molecular Systematics of Kit and Swift Foxes

Robert Wayne.

Population Dynamics of Kit Foxes

Patrick J. White, Robert A. Garrott, and Katherine Ralls.

The Status of Swift Fox in North Central Montana

Amy L. Zimmerman, Lynn Irby, and Brian Giddings.