Insect Dynamics: Modeling in Insect Pest Management
A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450). This special issue belongs to the section "Insect Pest and Vector Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 119
Special Issue Editor
Interests: wild blueberry; pollination; genetics; ecology; pest ecology; simulation modeling; statistics; plant physiological ecology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Insect pests share a common attribute. Their densities and genetic profiles often change rapidly in space and time. Management tactics that ignore this feature of their life histories are usually based upon unidimensional tactics, such as the sole use of pesticides, which are not integrated with cultural, biological, or behavioral methods of control and are certain to fail in the long term.
This Special Issue is focused on the use of modeling, specifically, conceptual, statistical, numerical, or simulation methods that provide the basis for a more integrated and sustainable pest management system either for a single pest or a complex of several pests associated with an agroecosystem.
Submitted papers should present the ecological background and pest dynamics that are integral to the focal pest or pests and then describe the modeling approach used to investigate pest dynamics from a management perspective. The results are expected to enhance or design a new sustainable pest management strategy or provide a new view of the pest dynamics that may aid in future pest management tactics.
Prof. Dr. Francis Drummond
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Insects is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- insect dynamics
- insect pest management
- modeling
- sustainable pest management strategy
- population genetics
- genetic diversity
- population dynamics
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