Which pest control strategy focuses on habitat modification?

The strategy that emphasizes habitat modification is resource management/environment manipulation. This approach involves altering the environment to make it less conducive for pests to thrive. For example, managing water drainage to prevent standing water can significantly reduce mosquito breeding sites.

Habitat modification can include practices such as removing debris, adjusting landscape design, and maintaining clean environments to eliminate potential pest habitats. This strategy focuses on creating an environment that discourages pest infestations by changing conditions and resources available to them.

In contrast, chemical control relies on the use of pesticides to eliminate pests, which does not modify the habitat but rather targets the pests directly. Biological control involves employing natural predators or parasites to control pest populations, which also does not focus directly on altering their habitat. Prevention and mechanical barriers utilize physical methods to prevent pest entry or access but do not necessarily change the habitat itself. Each of these alternatives plays a role in pest management, but resource management/environment manipulation is specifically centered around adapting the environment to reduce pest populations.