<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mods xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" version="3.1" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-1.xsd">
  <titleInfo>
    <title>Natural rodent control by barn owls (Tyto alba) in the face of local superstition</title>
  </titleInfo>
  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Sebele, Lovelater.</namePart>
    <role>
      <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm>
    </role>
    <role>
      <roleTerm type="text">author.</roleTerm>
    </role>
  </name>
  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Professor P. J Mundy.</namePart>
    <role>
      <roleTerm type="text">supervisor.</roleTerm>
    </role>
  </name>
  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Professor H. Fritz.</namePart>
    <role>
      <roleTerm type="text">supervisor.</roleTerm>
    </role>
  </name>
  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Dr M Bougarel.</namePart>
    <role>
      <roleTerm type="text">supervisor.</roleTerm>
    </role>
  </name>
  <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource>
  <originInfo>
    <place>
      <placeTerm type="text">Bulawayo, Zimbabwe</placeTerm>
    </place>
    <publisher>National University of Science and Technology</publisher>
    <dateIssued>©2022</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
  </originInfo>
  <language>
    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm>
  </language>
  <physicalDescription>
    <form authority="marcform">print</form>
    <extent>xx, 195 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm.</extent>
  </physicalDescription>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Lovelater Sebele.</note>
  <note>A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the Doctor of Philosophy in Sustainability and Conservation.</note>
  <note>(PhD in Forest Resources and Wildlife Management) National University of Science and Technology, 2022.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references.</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Barn owl (Tyto alba)</topic>
    <topic>Ecology</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <topic>Rodents Control</topic>
    <topic>Biological methods</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <topic>Predatory birds</topic>
    <topic>Role in pest management</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <topic>Superstition</topic>
    <topic> Social aspects</topic>
    <geographic>Zimbabwe</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <topic>Human-animal relationships</topic>
    <topic> Cultural perspectives</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <topic>Conservation biology</topic>
    <topic> Community attitudes</topic>
  </subject>
  <classification authority="lcc">QL737.S8 SEB</classification>
  <recordInfo>
    <recordContentSource authority="marcorg">NUST</recordContentSource>
    <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">260506</recordCreationDate>
    <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260507142830.0</recordChangeDate>
    <languageOfCataloging>
      <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm>
    </languageOfCataloging>
  </recordInfo>
</mods>
