Professional societies and ecologically based pest management [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of a workshop / / Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Research Council

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456072203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2000
• ISBN: 1-280-18540-6; 9786610185405; 0-309-56297-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (76 p.)
• Collana: The Compass series
• Disciplina: 632/.9
• Soggetti: Agricultural pests - Integrated control; Agricultural pests - Integrated control - Environmental aspects; Agricultural ecology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Papers from a workshop held Mar. 10-11, 1999, in Raleigh, N.C.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Professional Societies and Ecologically Based Pest Management""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Contents""; ""1 Pest Management: An Overview""; ""ECOSYSTEM STRESS AND EXCESSES""; ""EUTROPHICATION""; ""CONTROL VERSUS ERADICATION""; ""MONOCULTURE VULNERABILITY TO PEST INVASION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 Vision for Pest Management ""; ""ORIGINS OF THE WORKSHOP""; ""ECOLOGICALLY BASED PEST MANAGEMENT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""VISION FOR ECOLOGICALLY BASED PEST MANAGEMENT""; ""LIMITATIONS""; ""INFORMATION NEEDS""; ""WORKSHOP GOALS""; ""HISTORICAL CHALLENGES""; ""BRIDGING THE GAP""; ""SETTING THE CONTEXT""""3 Applying Agroecological Concepts to Development of Ecologically Based Pest Management Strategies ""; ""4 Economist's View of Ecologically Based Pest Management ""; ""HOW CAN ECONOMICS AND OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES CONTRIBUTE TO INTERDISCIPLINARY EFFORTS AND EBPM?""; ""AT WHAT STAGES IS ECONOMICS USEFUL?""; ""WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS TO INCORPORATING ECONOMICS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND EXTENSION?""; ; ""WHAT IMPACT DO PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES HAVE WITH REGARD TO MONETARY INCENTIVES?""; ""WHAT IS THE ROLE OF INDUSTRY?""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 Opportunities to Integrate Soil, Crop, and Weed Management in Low-External-Input Farming Systems """"REFERENCES""; ""6 View of a Microbial Ecologist""; ""REFERENCES""; ""7 On the Use of Mathematical Models in Ecological Research: Example from Studies of Insectâ€?Baculovirus Interactions""; ""REFERENCES""; ""8 Key Components and Elements Critical to Achieving the Vision: Group Discussion Summary ""; ""FINDING COMMON GROUND""; ""PARTNERSHIPS""; ""GAPS AND OTHER ISSUES IN CURRENT RESEARCH""; ""INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS FOR EBPM""; ""CHALLENGES WITH EBPM IMPLEMENTATION""; ""COLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNITIES AND BENEFITS WITH PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES FOR EBPM""""REFERENCE""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Workshop Program ""; ""PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ECOLOGICALLY BASED PEST MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP""; ""SESSION III DISCUSSION QUESTIONS""; ""Appendix B Program Participants ""; ""Appendix C Forum Participants ""