Incorporating natural enemies in an economic threshold for dynamically optimal pest management

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 1315-1324

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Swinton, Scott M ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Dynamic optimization; Economic threshold; Ecosystem services; Natural enemies; Pest regulation service; Soybean aphid

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION; ECONOMIC THRESHOLD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; NATURAL ENEMIES; PEST REGULATION SERVICE; SOYBEAN APHID;

BIODIVERSITY; COST REDUCTION; CROPS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; INSECTICIDES; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

INSECT CONTROL;

APHID; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INSECTICIDE; INVESTMENT; MORTALITY; NATURAL ENEMY; OPTIMIZATION; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SOYBEAN;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS GLYCINES; GLYCINE MAX; HEXAPODA;

EID: 63549088684     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.01.027     Document Type: Article

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