IPM

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IPM

• Integrated Pest Management

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Using environmentally friendly means of getting
rid of pests

• (Traps, natural pest-killing substances and
  predators)

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Resource

• Food, water, and shelter things an organism
  needs to survive in an area

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Pest

• An organism in competition with humans for some
  resource

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Invasive Species

• An organism that adapts quickly to a new
  environment and reproduces and spreads rapidly
  into new locations

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Exotic Species

• Species of plants, animals or pathogens not
  native to an environment

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Native Species

• Originating from a certain geographical area

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Biological Tactic

• Introducing predators, parasites, or other living
  organisms to combat pests biological control

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Chemical Tactic

• Use of pesticides or other chemical controls for
  pests

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Cultural Tactic

• Changing the environment to make it less suitable
  for a pest

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Pop Quiz!

• (Actually its just a review!)

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1. What is IPM?
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2. What do you call an organism that is in
competition with humans for some resource?
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3. What are the three types of species?
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4. Why would an invasive species be a problem?
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5. What are the three tactics for getting rid of
pests?
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5A. Which tactic is not very IPM-like?
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Homework

• Find each of the following a species of plant or
  animal that is native, exotic, and invasive to PA.