Nadir Erbilgin
Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences
University of Alberta
Canada
Biography
Biography: Forest Entomology & Chemical Ecology Areas of Expertise: Plant induced defenses against insects; plant induced defenses against pathogens; plant-insect-pathogen interactions; plant-herbivore-predator interactions; introduced forest insect pests; bark beetle ecology and management; population dynamics of forest insects; chemical ecology of forest insects; invasion biology and ecology; forest entomology.
Research Interest
Raffa KF, CJ Mason, P Bonello, S Cook, N Erbilgin, K Keefover-Ring, JG Klutsch, C Villari, PA Townsend. Defense sydromes in lodgepole-whitebark pine ecosystems related to degree of historical exposure to mountain pine beetles. Plant Cell & Environment. Cahill JF, JA Cale*, J Karst, T Bao, G Pec, N Erbilgin. No silver bullet: Different soil handling techniques are useful for different research questions, exhibit differential type I and II error rates, and are sensitive to sampling intensity. [A response to K.O. Reinhart and M. J. Rinella. 2016. A common soil handling technique can generate incorrect estimates of soil biota effects on plants. New Phytologist 210:786-789.]. New Phytologist. Cale JA, M Muskens, A Najar, G Ishangulyyeva, A Hussain, SS Kanekar, JG Klutsch, S Taft, N Erbilgin. Infection by a mycangial fungus causes differential feedbacks in the susceptibility of historical and novel host pines to mountain pine beetle. Tree Physiology.
Publications
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Erbilgin N, JD Stein, RE Acciavatti, NE Gillette, SR Mori, K Bischel, JA Cale, CR Carvalho, DL Wood. 2017. A blend of ethanol and (–)-alpha-pinene were highly attractive to native siricid woodwasps (Siricidae, Siricinae) infesting conifers of the Sierra Nevada and the Allegheny Mountains. J Chemical Ecology. 43: 172-179.
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Erbilgin N, JA Cale, I Lusebrink, A Najar, JG Klutsh, P Sherwood, E Bonello, ML Evenden. 2017. Water-deficit and fungal infection can differentially affect the production of different classes of defense compounds in two host pines of mountain pine beetle. Tree Physiology. 37: 338-350
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Erbilgin N, JA Cale, A Hussain, G. Ishangulyyeva, JG Klutsch, A Najar, S Zhao. 2017. Weathering the storm: How lodgepole pine trees survive mountain pine beetle outbreaks. Oecologia. 184: 469-478
