Evaluating the use of barn owl nest boxes for rodent pest control in winegrape vineyards in Napa Valley

A Hansen, M Johnson - Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest …, 2022 - escholarship.org
Attracting natural enemies to farms to reduce pests has long been a part of integrated pest
management for insects, but knowledge of the impact of raptors on rodent and other …

Effects of landscape configuration metrics on American barn owl nest box occupancy and hunting

SD Chavez - 2023 - digitalcommons.humboldt.edu
Harnessing ecosystem services, broadly defined as the benefits nature gives to people, is
one approach to minimize the widespread negative impacts of agriculture on wildlife and …

Variation in small mammal food resource niche metrics of Western Barn Owl at the nesting pair and local population level

GF Horváth, M Maurer, A Horváth - Ornis Hungarica, 2023 - sciendo.com
In the present study, we investigated food resource niche parameters and the degree of
specialization of two local Western Barn Owl (Tyto alba) populations in two different …

Effects of habitat selection and individual quality on the reproductive success of barn owls (Tyto furcata)

JE Carlino - 2024 - digitalcommons.humboldt.edu
The hypothesis of adaptive breeding habitat selection proposes congruence between the
evolved selection of habitats and fitness components such as reproductive success …

Water quality can impact water resource use by bats in urban areas

IY Scott - 2023 - repository.tcu.edu
For urban areas to be suitable for wildlife, water resources need to be available and
accessible and water quality can dictate whether wildlife utilizes a resource or not. In urban …

Diet Analysis of Two Sympatric Owls to Assess Small Mammals Population Change in Nairobi Suburbs and Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

V Onduso - 2022 - erepository.uonbi.ac.ke
Owls are nocturnal raptors that feed on small vertebrate animals and regurgitate undigested
food remains in form of oval-shaped pellets. The pellets contain diverse species of small …