Publications

Parker, M. 2011. Wildlife Detection Dogs. Wildlife Professional. 47-49.

Duggan, J.M., E.J. Heske, R.L. Schooley, A. Hurt, A. Whitelaw. 2011. Comparing Detection Dog and Live Trapping Surveys for a Cryptic Rodent. Journal of Wildlife Management. 75(5): 1029-1217

Dahlgren, D.K., R.D. Elmore, D.A. Smith, A. Hurt, E.B. Arnett, and J.W. Connelly. In press. Use of dogs in wildlife research and management. In: Silvy, N. J. (ed), Wildlife techniques manual: research. (Volume I).  John Hopkins University Press.

Reed, S.E., A.L. Bidlack, A. Hurt, and W.M. Getz. 2010. Detection Distance and Environmental Factors in Conservation Detection Dog Surveys. Journal of Wildlife Management 75(1): 243-251.

Ralls, K., S. Sharma, D.A. Smith, S. Bremner-Harrison, B. L. Cypher, and J.E. Maldonado. 2010. Changes in Kit Fox Defecation Patterns During the Reproductive Season: Implications for Noninvasive Surveys. Journal of Wildlife Management 74(7):1457-1462.

Parker, M. and A. Hurt. 2010. Canine Detection Teams and Conservation. In: K.H. Redford (ed), 2010-2011 State of the Wild: A Global Portrait (pp. 183-188). Island Press.

Bozarth, C.A., Y.R. Alva-Campbell, K. Ralls, T.R. Henry, D.A. Smith, M. F. Westphal, and J.E. Maldonado. 2010. An efficient noninvasive method for discriminating among faeces of sympatric North American canids. Conservation Genetics Resources 2:173-175. DOI 10.1007/s12686-010-9215-4

Hurt, A. and D.A. Smith. 2009. Conservation Dogs. In: Helton, W.S. (ed.), Canine Ergonomics: The Science of Working Dogs (pp. 175-194). CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Mackay, P., D.A. Smith, R. Long, and M. Parker. 2008. Scat Detection Dogs. In: Long, R., P. Mackay, J. Ray and W. Zielinski (eds.), Noninvasive Survey Methods for Carnivores (pp. 183-222). Island Press.

Reindl-Thompson, S.A., J. Shivik, A. Whitelaw, A. Hurt, K. Higgins. 2006.
Efficacy of Scent Dogs in Detecting Black-Footed Ferrets at a Reintroduction Site in South Dakota.Wildlife Society Bulletin 34(5):1435–1439

Smith, D. A., K. Ralls, B. L. Cypher, H. O. Clark, Jr., P. A. Kelly, D. F. Williams, and J. E. Maldonado. 2006 a.Relative abundance of endangered San Joaquin kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica) based on scat-detection dog surveys. Southwestern Naturalist 51:210-219

Smith, D. A., K. Ralls, A. Hurt, B. Adams, M. Parker, and J. E. Maldonado. 2006 b.
Assessing reliability of microsatellite genotypes from kit fox fecal samples using genetic and GIS analyses. Molecular Ecology 15:387-406

Smith, D. A., K. Ralls, B. L. Cypher, and J. E. Maldonado. 2005. Assessment of scat-detection dog surveys to determine kit fox distribution. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33:897-904

Ralls, K. and D.A. Smith. 2004. Latrine use by San Joaquin kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica) and coyotes (Canis latrans).Western North American Naturalist 64:544-547

Smith, D., K. Ralls, A. Hurt, B. Adams, M. Parker, B. Davenport, M.C. Smith, and J.E. Maldonado. 2003. Detection and accuracy rates of dogs trained to find scats of San Joaquin kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica). Animal Conservation 6:339-346

Smith D., K. Ralls, B. Davenport, B. Adams, and J.E. Maldonado. 2001. Canine assistants for conservationists. Science 291:435

Hurt A., B. Davenport and E. Greene. 2000.Training dogs to distinguish between black bear (Ursus americanus) and grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) feces. University of Montana Under-Graduate Biology Journal.