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A quest for ecologically based pest management systems

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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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  1. Division of Biological Control, University of California, Berkeley, 94720, Berkeley, California

    M. A. Altieri

  2. Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Gado de Corte, Embrapa, Campo Grande MS, Brazil

    P. B. Martin

  3. Southern Grain Insects Research Laboratory, AR-SEA-USDA, 31793, Tifton, Georgia

    W. J. Lewis

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Altieri, M.A., Martin, P.B. & Lewis, W.J. A quest for ecologically based pest management systems. Environmental Management 7, 91–99 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01867047

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