Vertebrate pest management in orchards

Vertebrate pest management in orchards by Rex E. Marsh, Marsh_Vertebrates_Unknownyear.pdf (0.7 MiB) - First Paragraph: Bird and mammal pests are found in and around orchards throughout the state. Some damage caused by birds results in loss of the current fruit or nut...

Pocket gophers

Pocket gophers by Ronald M. Case, Bruce A. Jasch, Case_Pocket_Gophers_Unknownyear.pdf (1.2 MiB) - First Sentence: Pocket gophers (Fig. 1) are fossorial (burrowing) rodents, so named because they have fur-lined pouches outside of the mouth, one on each side of the face...

Attracting Barn Owls to farms

Attracting Barn Owls to farms by Chuck Ingels, Ingels_AttractingOwls_1995.pdf (1.4 MiB) - First Paragraph: The common barn owl (Tyto alba) is the most widely distributed land bird in the world (Bunn et al. 1982). It is often called the most beneficial bird in the...

Vertebrate pests in vineyards

Vertebrate pests in vineyards by Desley Whisson, Whisson_VertebratePests_1996.pdf (0.9 MiB) - First two sentences: There are a number of vertebrate pest species that currently cause damage of economic significance in vineyards. These include pocket gophers, meadow...