A Sharp Focus on Insect Populations and Pest Management From a Wide-Area View

Abstract

Thanks to outstanding scientists such as C. L. Metcalf, we have a reasonably sound base, scientifically and philosophically, for entomology. However, if he were here today, he would be insistent that we review our conceptual framework and adjust it to accommodate the increasing stream of new information, in order to responsibly address the problems and challenges of exploding populations and technology.