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The use of scent-detection dogs in wildlife management,
conservation, and research is a quickly growing field. Dogs can greatly increase
your detection rates, and can have very low error rates (finding the wrong
item), which makes them very useful for locating wildlife and their sign (i.e.,
scat).
In the Steury lab, we work with Auburn's
Canine Detection and Research
Institute to train our dogs.
I try to maintain an up-to-date list of published research
using scent-detection dogs in wildlife research:
Arnett, E.B. 2006. A preliminary evaluation of the use of
dogs to recovery bat fatalities at wind energy facilities. Wildlife Society
Bulletin 34:1440-1445.
Browne, C., K. Stafford, and R. Fordham. 2006. The use of
scent-detection dogs. Irish Veterinary Journal 59:97-104.
Akenson, J.J., M.G. Henjum, T.L. Wertz, and T.J. Craddock. 2004. Use of dogs
and mark-recapture techniques to estimate American black bear density in
northeastern Oregon. Ursus 12:203-210.
Cablk, M.E., and J.S. Heaton. 2006. Accuracy and reliability of dogs in
surveying for desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). Ecological
Applications 16:1926-1935.
Cablk, M.E., J.C. Sagebiel, J.S. Heaton, and C. Valentin.
Olfaction-based detection distance: a quantitative analysis of how far away dogs
recognize tortoise odor and follow it to a source. 2008. Sensors 8:2208-2222.
Colbourne, R. 1992. Little spotted kiwi (Apteryx
owenii): recruitment and behaviour of juveniles on Kapiti Island, New
Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 22:321-328.
Engeman, R.M., D.S. Vice, D.V. Rodriguez, K.S. Gruver, W.S.
Santos, and M.E. Pitzler. 1998. Effectiveness of detector dogs for locating
brown tree snakes in cargo. Pacific Conservation Biology 4:256-260.
Engeman, R.M., D.S. Vice, D. York, and K.S. Gruver. 2002.
Sustained evaluation of the effectiveness of detector dogs for locating brown
tree snakes in cargo outbound from Guam. International Biodeterioration and
Biordegradation 49:101-106.
Foresman, K.R., and D.E. Pearson. 1998. Comparison of
proposed survey procedures for detection of forest carnivores. Journal of
Wildlife Management 62:1217-1226.
Furgal, C.M., S. Innes. And K.M. Kovacs. 1996.
Characteristics of ringed seal, Phoca
hispida, subnivean structures and breeding habitat and their effects on
predation. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74:858-874.
Gompper, M.E., R.W. Kays, J.C. Ray, S.D. Lapoint, D.A. Bogan, and J.R. Cryan.
2006. A comparison of noninvasive techniques to survey carnivore communities in
northeastern North America. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34:1142-1151.
Goodwin, K. 2005. A novel method to detect knapweed (Centaurea
biebersteinii DC.) using specially trained canines. Report to the Center for
Invasive Plant Management, Bozeman, MT, USA.
Gutzwiller, K.J. 1990. Minimizing dog-induced bias in game bird research.
Wildlife Society Bulletin. 18:351-356.
Harrison, R.L. 2006. A comparison of survey methods for detecting bobcats.
Wildlife Society Bulletin 34:548-552.
Heaton, J.S., M.E. Cablk, K.E. Nussear, T.C. Esque, P.A. Medica, J.C.
Sagebiel, and S.S. Fracis. 2008. Comparison of effects of humans versus
wildlife-detector dogs. Southwestern Naturalist 53:472-479.
Homan, H.J., G. Linz, and B.D. Peer. 2001. Dogs increase recovery of
passerine carcasses in dense vegetation. Wildlife Society Bulletin 29:292-296.
Hurt, A. 2000. Training dogs to distinguish between black bear (Ursus
americanus) and grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) feces.
Kerley, L.L., and G.P. Salkina. 2007. Using scent-matching dogs to indentify
individual Amur tigers from scats. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:1349-1356.
Long, R.A., T.M. Donovan, P. Mackay, W.J. Zielinski, and J.S. Buzas. 2007a.
Effectiveness of scat detection dogs for detecting forest carnivores. Journal of
Wildlife Management 71:2007-2017.
Long, R.A., T.M. Donovan, P. Mackay, W.J. Zielinski, and J.S. Buzas. 2007b.
Comparing scat detection dogs, cameras, and hair snares for surveying
carnivores. Journal of Wildlife Management 81:2018-2025.
Lydersen, C., and I. Gjertz. 1986. Studies of the ringed seal
Phoca hispida in its breeding habitat
in Kongsfjorden Svalbard Arctic Ocean. Polar Research 4:57-64.
MacKay, P., Smith, D. A., Long, R. A., and Parker, M. 2008. Scat detection
dogs. Pages 183-222 in R.A. Long, P. MacKay, W. J. Zielinski, and J.C.
Ray, editors. Noninvasive Survey Methods for Carnivores. Island Press,
Washington, DC.
Reindl-Thompson, S.A., J.A. Shivik, A.Whitelaw, A. Hurt, and K.F. Higgins.
2006. Efficacy of scent dogs in detecting black-footed ferrets at a
reintroduction site in South Dakota. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34:1435-1439.
Rolland, R.M, P.K. Hamilton, S.D. Kraus, B. Davenport, R.M. Gillett, and S.K.
Wasser. 2006. Faecal sampling using detection dogs to study reproduction and
health in North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis). Journal of
Cetacea Research and Management 8:121-125.
Shivik, J.A. 2002. Odor-adsorptive clothing, environmental factors, and
search-dog ability. Wildlife Society Bulletin 30:721-727.
Smith, D.A., K. Ralls, B. Davenport, B. Adams, J.E. Maldonado. 2001. Canine
assistants for conservationists. Science 291:435.
Smith, D.A., K. Ralls, A. Hurt, B. Adams, M. Parker, B. Davenport, M.C.
Smith, 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.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.
Smith, D.A., K. Ralls, B.L. Cypher, H.O. Clark, Jr., P.A. Kelly, D.F.
Williams, and J.E. Maldonado. 2006. Relative abundance of endangered San Joaquin
kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica) based on scat-detection dog surveys.
Southwestern Naturalist 51:210-219.
Syrotuck, W.G. 2000. Scent and the scenting dog. Arner
Publishing, Rome, NY, USA.
Wasser, S.K., B. Davenport, E.R. Ramage, K.E. Hunt, M. Parker, C. Clarke, and
G. Stenhouse. 2004. Scat detection dogs in wildlife research and management:
application to grizzly and black bears in the Yellowhead Ecosystem, Alberta,
Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology 82:475-492.
Weller, T.J. 2008. Using occupancy estimation to assess the effectiveness of
a regional multiple-species conservation plan: bats in the Pacific Northwest.
Biological Conservation 141:2279-2289.
Zwickel, F.C. 1980. Use of dogs in wildlife biology. Pages 531-536 in
S.D. Schemnitz, ed. Wildlife Management Techniques Manual. The Wildlife Society,
Washington, DC, USA.
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