Hastings Natural History Reservation

23 Jul, 05 PM - 27 Jul, 05 PM

My graduate research will investigate the potential for natural habitat to provide pest control services to nearby farmland. A better understanding of the factors affecting the provision of natural pest control could help could curb our dependency on hazardous chemical pesticides while providing a much more sustainable means of pest control. Additionally, better stewardship of our natural habitat could be facilitated by ascribing an economic value of natural habitat on a per-area basis, to aid in cost-benefit analysis involved with land-use decisions. Through experiments testing how well natural enemies contain pest populations and pest damage in landscapes with different proportions and types of natural habitat, I will be able to quantify the level of pest control service provided by natural habitat near farms and calculate the economic savings provided by a given level of pest control.

Visit #9890 @Hastings Natural History Reservation

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Under Project # 6670 | Research

Landscape effects on pest control

other - University of California, Berkeley

Reservation Members(s)

Rebecca Chaplin Jul 23 - 27, 2006 (5 days)
Rebecca Chaplin Jul 23 - 27, 2006 (5 days)

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Bunk House Cottage 2 Jul 23 - 27, 2006