[HTML][HTML] Effects of habitat on prey delivery rate and prey species composition of breeding barn owls in winegrape vineyards

DAS George, MD Johnson - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The provision of habitat for natural enemies of agricultural pests is common in integrated
pest management approaches but has rarely been examined for vertebrate predators …

Multi‐year nest box occupancy and short‐term resilience to wildfire disturbance by barn owls in a vineyard agroecosystem

AE Huysman, MD Johnson - Ecosphere, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Landscape composition can strongly affect the delivery of ecosystem services in
agroecosystems. Conserving uncultivated habitats can support ecosystem services, but in …

Estimating the number of rodents removed by barn owls nesting in boxes on winegrape vineyards

MD Johnson, D St George - Proceedings of the vertebrate Pest …, 2020 - escholarship.org
To mitigate the economic and environmental costs of rodent pests, winegrape producers in
Napa Valley, California, have installed nest boxes to attract barn owls to their properties, but …