Habitat management is an important strategy for pest control in integrated pest management
(IPM). Various categories of habitat management such as trap cropping, intercropping …

Habitat management involving manipulation of farmland vegetation can exert direct
suppressive effects on pests and promote natural enemies. Advances in theory and practical …

Annual crop fields typically are simple habitats dominated by a few plant species where
pesticides play a major role in managing weed and insect infestations. Recently, there has …

There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that the simplification of land uses
associated with a strong dependence on agrochemical inputs is decreasing environmental …

Modern agricultural production practices frequently lead to the simplification of agricultural
landscape structure. When landscapes are developed for agricultural uses, it is common for …

Over the past ten years an increasing number of field entomologists and farmers have
recognized that conservation of natural enemies is important to effective biological control in …

Exotic invaders are some of the most serious insect pests of agricultural crops around the
globe. Increasingly, the structure of landscape and habitat is recognized as having a major …

Publisher Summary The chapter examines the approach to a theoretical understanding of
the ecological principles that determine the success of habitat manipulation. It tempers …

Conservation biological control (CBC) is a sustainable approach to pest management that
can contribute to a reduction in pesticide use as part of an Integrated Pest Management …

Provision and manipulation of shelter habitat features within the agroecosystem provide a
strategy for enhancing the effectiveness of natural enemies for biological pest control …