Economic Importance for Humans: Positive
Barn swallows helps farmers get rid of insect pests that would affect them, their livestock, and their crops. They are a welcome insect predator on most farms.
Positive Impacts: controls pest population
- Moore, P. 2001. Dairy declines hard to swallow. Nature, 411: 904-905.
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