1st INTERNATIONAL BADGER SYMPOSIUM
1-3 October 2013
Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
[more presentations will soon be added to this list]
WORLD DISTRIBUTION AND STATUS OF BADGERS
Gilbert PROULX, Alexei V. ABRAMOV, Ian ADAMS, Andy JENNINGS, Igor KHOROZYAN, Luís M. ROSALINO,
Margarida SANTOS-REIS, Géraldine VERON & Emmanuel DO LINH SAN
AMERICAN BADGER STATUS IN CANADA
Ian ADAMS, Danielle ETHIER & Josh SAYERS
THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE AMERICAN BADGER (TAXIDEA TAXUS) IN CALIFORNIA
Jessie QUINN
RESEARCH HISTORY OF BADGERS IN PORTUGAL: AN UPDATED OVERVIEW AND
CONSERVATION CONSEQUENCES IN A CHANGING LANDSCAPE
Margarida SANTOS-REIS & Luís M. ROSALINO
THE SYSTEMATICS AND TAXONOMY OF BADGER SPECIES OF THE WORLD – A REVIEW
Klaus-Peter KOEPFLI, Géraldine VERON & Andrew P. JENNINGS
EVOLUTION OF AMERICAN BADGERS
Pamela R. OWEN
PATTERNS OF LOCAL ADAPTATION IN NORTH AMERICAN BADGER POPULATIONS
Christopher J. KYLE, Danielle ETHIER, Joseph J. NOCERA & James MORRIS-POCOCK
MONITORING THE EUROPEAN BADGER (MELES MELES) IN SOUTHERN BELGIUM: SETT
INVENTORY, POPULATION ESTIMATION AND HABITAT MODELING. ARE THERE TOO MANY
BADGERS IN WALLONIA?
Vinciane SCHOCKERT, Clotilde LAMBINET, Yves CORNET & Roland LIBOIS
DEMOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS OF A LOW-DENSITY BADGER (MELES MELES) POPULATION,
WESTERN SWITZERLAND
Emmanuel DO LINH SAN
DISEASE AND PESTICIDE RISKS TO AMERICAN BADGERS AT THE URBAN–WILDLIFE
INTERFACE
Jessie QUINN, Yvette GIRARD, Kirsten GILARDI, Yvette HERNANDEZ, Robert POPPENGA, Bruno B. CHOMEL, Janet E.
FOLEY& Christine K. JOHNSON
STATE OF OUR KNOWLEDGE ON BADGERS OF THE WORLD
Emmanuel DO LINH SAN, Ihor Dykyy & Gilbert PROULX
FACT OR FALLACY: DAMAGE TO LIVESTOCK AND AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY BY NORTH
AMERICAN BADGERS AND OTHER BURROWING MAMMALS
Richard D. WEIR, Helen DAVIS, Donald V. GAYTON & Eric C. LOFROTH
HABITAT SELECTION AND USE BY AMERICAN BADGERS IN A FRAGMENTED AGRICULTURAL
LANDSCAPE
James DOYLE, Tim VAN DEELEN, David SAMPLE & David MACFARLAND
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MODELING HABITAT SUITABILITY FOR ONTARIO’S ENDANGERED POPULATION OF
AMERICAN BADGERS USING PRESENCE-ONLY DATA FROM HAIR-SNAGS AND RADIOTELEMETRY
Josh SAYERS & Danielle M. ETHIER (May cancel)
ACTIVITY-SPECIFIC HABITAT PREFERENCE IN AMERICAN BADGERS
Jessie QUINN
THE AMERICAN BADGER (TAXIDEA TAXUS), A SPECIALIZED PREDATOR OF RICHARDSON’S
GROUND SQUIRRELS (UROCITELLUS RICHARDSONII) IN THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES
Gilbert PROULX
INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE HONEY BADGER (MELLIVORA CAPENSIS) AND
OTHER PREDATORS IN THE SOUTHERN KALAHARI: INTRAGUILD PREDATION AND
FACILITATION
Colleen M. BEGG, Keith S. BEGG, Emmanuel DO LINH SAN, Johann T. Du Toit & M. Gus L. MILLS
RECOVERY OF AMERICAN BADGERS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA: THINGS THAT WORKED,
THINGS THAT DIDN’T, AND LESSONS LEARNED
Richard D. WEIR, Ian ADAMS, Ted ANTIFEAU, Helen DAVIS, Alan DIBB, Orville DYER, Corinna HOODICOFF, Richard
KLAFKI, Karl LARSEN, Eric C. LOFROTH, Nancy NEWHOUSE, Roger PACKHAM, & Karyn SUTHERLAND
TECHNIQUES FOR COLLECTING ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION ON AMERICAN BADGERS
(TAXIDEA TAXUS)
Richard W. KLAFKI, Richard WEIR, Trevor KINLEY, Roger PACKHAM, Corinna HOODICOFF & Malcolm MCADIE
A NOVEL SURGICAL RADIO TRANSMITTER IMPLANTATION TECHNIQUE FOR AMERICAN
BADGERS
James DOYLE, Lindsey LONG, Tim VAN DEELEN, David SAMPLE & David MACFARLAND
NON-INVASIVE METHODS TO STUDY BADGERS
Gilbert PROULX
A HOLE IN THE METHODS: THE REINTRODUCTION OF ORPHAN BADGERS (TAXIDEA TAXUS
JEFFERSONII) USING THE SOFT-RELEASE TECHNIQUE NEAR 100 MILE HOUSE, BRITISH
COLUMBIA, CANADA
Roger PACKHAM & Richard KLAFKI
THE BADGER (MAMMALIA; CARNIVORA) FROM THE MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE SITE OF THE
“CAUNE DE L’ARAGO” (TAUTAVEL, FRANCE): PALAEOECOLOGICAL AND PALAEOCLIMATE
INFERANCES FOR NORTHWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN POPULATIONS
Gaëtan BOURGEOIS & Anne-Marie MOIGNE
THE USE OF CANINE SCENT DETECTION AND DNA TESTING TO ASSESS THE DISTRIBUTION OF
AMERICAN BADGERS IN WESTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY
Cheryl BREHME, Ron REMPEL, Heath SMITH, Samrat MONDOL, Samuel WASSER & Robert FISCHER
ANNUAL PATTERN OF DEN USE BY BADGERS AND RED FOXES AS REVEALED BY THE
PRESENCE OF FIELD SIGNS
Emmanuel DO LINH SAN
TRACE ELEMENT ASSAYS OF CLAW KERATIN TO TRACK MOVEMENT AND HABITAT
SELECTION IN AN ELUSIVE CARNIVORE: THE AMERICAN BADGER
Danielle M. ETHIER, Christopher J. KYLE, T. Kurt KYSER & Joseph J. NOCERA
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POPULATION SUBDIVISION AND PERIPHERAL ISOLATION IN AMERICAN BADGERS (TAXIDEA
TAXUS) AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION PLANNING IN CANADA
Danielle M. ETHIER, Alex LAFLECHE, Brad J. SWANSON, Joseph J. NOCERA & Christopher J. KYLE
RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF AMERICAN BADGER (TAXIDEA TAXUS) AND RED FOX (VULPES
VULPES) IN LANDSCAPES WITH HIGH AND LOW RODENTICIDE POISONING LEVELS
Gilbert PROULX & Neil MACKENZIE
A COMPARISON OF MONITORING METHODS FOR AMERICAN BADGERS (TAXIDEA TAXUS)
Jessie QUINN
HISTORICAL DISTRIBUTION OF BADGERS IN PORTUGAL BASED ON PLACE-NAMES’
TOPONYMY
Luís M. ROSALINO, Luciano M. VERDADE & Margarida SANTOS-REIS
PRELIMINARY INSIGHTS INTO THE LAND COVER AND HUMAN DISTURBANCE EFFECTS ON BADGER
OCCUPANCY IN NORTHEAST SCOTLAND
André P. SILVA, Kerry KILSHAW, David W. MACDONALD & Luís M. ROSALINO
FOOD HABITS OF THE EUROPEAN BADGER (MELES MELES) IN THE BAVARIAN FOREST
NATIONAL PARK, GERMANY
Sylvia STÜRZER
HABITAT ECOLOGY OF THE EUROPEAN BADGER (MELES MELES) IN THE CLOSED
MOUNTAINOUS FOREST OF THE BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK, GERMANY
Sylvia STÜRZER
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