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Research Area: 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

Accepted or In-Press

Liu Y, G Rodrigues-Anastacio, G Ishangulyyeva, JC Rodriguez-Ramos, N Erbilgin. Mutualistic ophiostomatoid fungi equally benefit from both a bark beetle pheromone and host tree volatiles as nutrient sources. Microbial Ecology

Mullin M, JA Cale, JG Klustch, S Zhao, C Whitehouse, N Erbilgin. Primary and secondary metabolite profiles, and their interactions, of lodgepole pine trees change with elevation, but not with latitude. Journal of Chemical Ecology.

Publications in 2021 & 2020

Rodriguez-Ramos JC, JA Cale, J Karst, JF Cahill, Jr., S. Simard, N Erbilgin. 2021. Shifts in composition and dominance of soil fungal guilds following disturbances impact belowground fungal biomass in lodgepole pine forests. New Phytologist 229: 1105–1117 doi: 10.1111/nph.16749

Vázquez-González C, R Zas, N Erbilgin, S Ferrenberg, V Rozas, L Sampedro. 2020. Resin ducts as resistance traits in conifers: linking dendrochronology and resin-based defences. Tree Physiology 40: 1313-1326

Wang F, JA Cale, N Erbilgin. 2020. Exposure to fungal volatiles can influence volatile emissions from other ophiostomatoid fungi. Frontiers in Microbiology 11:567462. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.567462

Klutsch JG, G Classens, C Whitehouse, JF Cahill, Jr., N Erbilgin. 2020. Density-dependent attraction of mountain pine beetle to its aggregation pheromones and host tree volatiles in naïve lodgepole pine habitats. Forest Ecology and Management. 472: 118257

Guevara-Rozo S, A Hussain, JA Cale, JG Klutsch, R Rajabzadeh, N Erbilgin. 2020. Nitrogen and ergosterol concentrations varied in live jack pine phloem following inoculations with fungal associates of mountain pine beetle. Frontiers in Microbiology 11:1703. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01703

Wang F, JA Cale, N Erbilgin. 2020. Induced defenses of a host tree similarly affect novel and native beetle-vectored fungi and mediate their interactions. Microbial Ecology 80: 181-190.

Beck, JL, JA Cale, JC Rodriguez-Ramoz, SS Kanekar, J Karst, JF Cahill, SW Simard, N Erbilgin. 2020. Changes in soil fungal communities following anthropogenic disturbance are linked to decreased lodgepole pine seedling performance. Journal of Applied Ecology. 57:1292–1302. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13628

Jones KL, R Rajabzadeh, G Ishangulyyeva, N Erbilgin, ML Evenden. 2020. Mechanisms of flight polyphenisms in an outbreaking bark beetle species. Journal of Experimental Biology 223, jeb219642. doi:10.1242/jeb.219642

Klutsch JG, C-X Kee, EP Cappa, B Ratcliffe, BR Thomas, N Erbilgin. 2020. Increment coring induced traumatic resin ducts in white spruce but not in lodgepole pine. Tree-Ring Research. 76: 54-58

Mader C, J Watts, N Erbilgin. 2020. Life history traits of Coccophagus gossypariae, a parasitoid of invasive Eriococcus spurius in field studies. Canadian Entomologist 152: 169-182

Hussain A, G Classens, SG Rozo, JA Cale, R Rajabzadeh, N Erbilgin. 2020. Spatial variation in soil available water holding capacity alters carbon production and allocation to chemical defenses along jack pine stems. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 171: 103902

Erbilgin N, JG Klutsch, Hafsa Najeeb, G Ishangulyyeva, J Cale, C Boone, T Bozic, J Gunnar, M Haapanen, C Hughes, C MacQuarrie, R Rajabzadeh, M Schroeder, R Seppo, J Sweeney. 2020. Chemical similarity between introduced and native populations of Scots pine can facilitate transcontinental expansion of mountain pine beetle in North America. Biological Invasions. 22: 1067-1083

REN R 440 - Disturbance Ecology Fundamentals

This course will cover various aspects of disturbance ecology, including concepts of disturbance frequency, severity, intensity; ecological resilience and resistance and ecosystem responses to and recovery from disturbance. Students will define what a disturbance is and critically evaluate disturbance types and their characteristics in different ecosystems and their implications for conservation, sustainability of ecosystems, and application to reclamation / restoration. Prerequisites: *60 and BIOL 208.

REN R 501 - Topics in Renewable Resources

Directed study in the multiple aspects of renewable resources. Open to fourth year or graduate students upon consent of instructor.

REN R 532 - Disturbance Ecology Fundamentals

This course will cover various aspects of disturbance ecology, including concepts of disturbance frequency, severity, intensity; ecological resilience and resistance and ecosystem responses to and recovery from disturbance. Students will define what a disturbance is and critically evaluate disturbance types and their characteristics in different ecosystems and their implications for conservation, sustainability of ecosystems, and application to reclamation/restoration. Not to be taken if credit received for REN R 440 or REN R 732.

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