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Title Professional Societies and Ecologically Based Pest Management : Proceedings of a Workshop / Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Research Council
Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 64 pages) : illustrations
Series The Compass series
Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
Contents ""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 Insect�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 ""
Analysis Andre fag (naturvidenskab og teknik) Andre fag
Notes Papers from a workshop held Mar. 10-11, 1999, in Raleigh, N.C
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Agricultural pests -- Integrated control -- Congresses
Agricultural pests -- Integrated control -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses
Agricultural ecology -- Congresses
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Pest Control.
Agricultural ecology
Agricultural pests -- Integrated control
Agricultural pests -- Integrated control -- Environmental aspects
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
LC no. 00702627
ISBN 030956297X
9780309562973