Electronic broadcast call unit for bird control in orchards

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 721-727

  Delwiche, Michael J ^a   Houk, Andrew P ^a   Gorenzel, W Paul ^b   Salmon, Terrell P ^b  

^a Univ of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alarm call; Almonds; American crow; Biosonics; Bird control; Bird damage; Corvus brachyrhynchos; Distress call

Indexed keywords

AUDIO SYSTEMS; CROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ORCHARDS; PEST CONTROL; SOUND RECORDING;

ALARM CALL; ALMONDS; BIOSONICS; BIRD CONTROL; BIRD DAMAGE; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; CROW; DISTRESS CALL; ELECTRONIC BROADCAST CALL UNIT;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

AVES; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 24744459271     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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