A quest for ecologically based pest management systems

Altieri, M.A.; Lewis, W.J.; Martin, P.B.

A quest for ecologically based pest management systems

1983

Altieri, M.A. | Lewis, W.J. | Martin, P.B.

The article presents a holistic approach to studying and applying crop protection in agricultural systems. A theoretical framework of integrated pest management (IPM) is presented that allows an understanding of pest population processes on a whole-agroecological-system basis. The need for and emergence of holistic research on agroecosystems is discussed, as are the current trends in ecological theory and pest management.

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