Citation:

TRE Southwood, MJ Way. 1970. Ecological background to pest management. Pages 6-29. In: RL Rabb, FE Guthrie (editors). 1970. Concepts of Pest Management. Proceedings of a Conference held at North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Raleigh, North Carolina March 25-27, 1970, 242 pages.

Keywords: features of agroecosystems, continuity, selection of vegetation, diversity of species, intraspecific diversity, nutrient and water supply, insect pest and disease outbreaks, the population system, factors that impinge on the pest population in the crop, the population system of the pest, factors affecting invasion, factors affecting natality, mortality, development and emigration, factors in a population system of particular significance in agroecosystems, number of potential invaders, distance from source of invaders, conditions for invasion and settling, attractiveness of the crop, food supply, quality and quantity, competition, intra-, interspecific, natural enemies, diversity and stability, isolation and stability, choice of management procedure in relation to the characters of the agroecosystem, diversity, the permanence of the crops, climate, isolation