Soft release of barn owl from nestlings for the purpose of rat control

• Main Authors: Asrif, Nur Athirah, Burhanuddin, Maisarah, Mojiun, Peter Francis Junior, Zainal Abidin, Cik Mohd Rizuan, Mohd Noor, Hafidzi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Zes Rokman Resources 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82201/1/Soft%20release.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82201/

Barn owl (Tyto javanica) is common throughout the oil palm plantations in Peninsular Malaysia. It’s significant role in providing biological control of rodent pest is well established. However, in Sabah and Sarawak, local population of the owl is not particularly known. Therefore,...