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.