by Lodi Growers | Jun 27, 2013
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...
by Lodi Growers | Jun 27, 2013
Summary of California studies analyzing the diet of barn owls by Chuck Ingels, Ingels_Barn_Owls_1995.pdf (0.4 MiB) - First two sentences: Farmers and ranchers are looking closely at the benefits barn owls offer as an alternative method of controlling vertebrate pests...
by Lodi Growers | Jun 27, 2013
Are barn owls a biological control for gophers? Evaluating effectiveness in vineyards and orchards by Thomas Moore, Dirk Van Vuren, Chuck Ingels, Moore_Barn_Owls_1998.pdf (0.4 MiB) - First two sentences: Several rodent species cause damage in vineyards and orchards....
by Lodi Growers | Jun 27, 2013
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...
by Lodi Growers | Jun 17, 2013
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...
by Lodi Growers | Jun 17, 2013
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...