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Research
Latest papers
Dose-response modelling uncovers compound-specific inhibitory effects of host defence volatiles on mountain pine beetle fungal symbionts.
Pest management science · 2026 · senior author
Endocrine and molecular dynamics during diapause termination and post-diapause reproductive development in adult Dendroctonus rufipennis.
Journal of insect physiology · 2026 · senior author
A scalable PDMS extraction method for profiling fungal volatile compounds.
Fungal biology and biotechnology · 2026
Latest funding
- $200,000
Effects of climate change on interactions between host trees and beetle-fungal symbiont complex
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
- $483,511
Using the functional traits of soil fungi to improve post-disturbance pine regeneration
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
- $165,000
Role of plant secondary compounds in invasion biology of an insect herbivore in novel habitats
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
76 publications.
Dose-response modelling uncovers compound-specific inhibitory effects of host defence volatiles on mountain pine beetle fungal symbionts.
Zhang D, Liu Y, Zhao X, Ishangulyyeva G, Erbilgin N
Endocrine and molecular dynamics during diapause termination and post-diapause reproductive development in adult Dendroctonus rufipennis.
Zhang H, Liu Y, Bleiker KP, Wei H, Shao Z, Erbilgin N
A scalable PDMS extraction method for profiling fungal volatile compounds.
Zaman R, Heida IP, Anderson HTK, Ishangulyyeva G, Erbilgin N, Cahill JF
Bayesian networks and structural equation models reveal genetic causal relationships between productivity, defense, and climate-adaptability traits in interior lodgepole pine.
Cappa EP, Klutsch JG, Benowicz A, Munilla S, Mansfield SD, Erbilgin N, Thomas BR, El-Kassaby YA
Pine monoterpenes drive growth, competition, and volatile metabolism of symbiotic fungi associated with the mountain pine beetle.
Citra N, Liu Y, Ishangulyyeva G, Erbilgin N
Reference genes selection for qRT-PCR analysis in Dendroctonus rufipennis.
Zhang H, Bleiker KP, Keeling CI, Liu Y, Wei H, Zhang B, Han C, Erbilgin N
Variation in the Molecular Phenotype of βglu-1, an Insect Defence-Related Beta-Glucosidase Gene, in Two Transcontinental Picea Species.
Wu ETY, Hung TH, Erbilgin N, Ullah A, Jansons Ā, Ali HAA, Clegg SM, MacKay JJ
Do Changes in Monoterpenes and Non-Structural Carbohydrate Reserves Signal Post-Fire Vulnerability in Pines?
Liu Y, Citra N, Ishangulyyeva G, Han C, Erbilgin N
Advancing Semiochemical Tools for Mountain Pine Beetle Management: Dendroctonus ponderosae Responses to Saprophytic Fungal Volatiles.
Crandall L, Zaman R, Ishangulyyeva G, Erbilgin N
Alliance Between Conifer Trees and Endophytic Fungi Against Insect Defoliators.
Ullah A, Shah A, Chen SE, Shah A, Rodriguez-Ramos JC, Zaman R, Erbilgin N
Effects of climate change on interactions between host trees and beetle-fungal symbiont complex
Principal investigators: Erbilgin, Nadir
Keywords: mountain pine beetle; invasion biology; chemical ecology; fungal ecology; insect-fungal interactions; plant primary and secondary compounds; monoterpenes and diterpenes; plant volatile organic chemicals; climate change; lodgepole pine
Using the functional traits of soil fungi to improve post-disturbance pine regeneration
Principal investigators: Erbilgin, Nadir
Role of plant secondary compounds in invasion biology of an insect herbivore in novel habitats
Principal investigators: Erbilgin, Nadir
Ecology of Invasive Forest Insects in the Boreal Forest: Role of Plant Resistance and Community Interactions
Principal investigators: Erbilgin, Nadir
The NSERC TRIA Network: Turning risk into action for the Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic
Principal investigators: Cooke, Janice
Funding for full application preparation: The NSERC Tria Mountain Pine Beetle System Network
Principal investigators: Cooke, Janice
Forest Entomology
Principal investigators: Erbilgin, Nadir
Keywords: CRC
Forest Entomology
Principal investigators: Erbilgin, Nadir
Keywords: CRC
Pine regeneration following mountain pine beetle attack: facilitation by mycorrhizal fungi
Principal investigators: Cahill, James
Exploring resistance mechanisms in the S. musiva - Populus interaction
Principal investigators: Erbilgin, Nadir
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Inanc Birol and Joerg Bohlmann: 13 shared papers
- Jean Bousquet and Joerg Bohlmann: 13 shared papers
- Inanc Birol and Jean Bousquet: 9 shared papers
- Justine Karst and Nadir Erbilgin: 7 shared papers
- Jean Bousquet and Nadir Erbilgin: 2 shared papers
- Joerg Bohlmann and Nadir Erbilgin: 2 shared papers
- Inanc Birol and Nadir Erbilgin: 1 shared paper
- Nadir Erbilgin and Maya Evenden: 1 shared paper
- Renewable Resources
- Department of Renewable Resources
- Sciences du bois et de la forêt
- Michael Smith Laboratories
- Genome Sciences Centre
- Biological Sciences
Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Justine Karst
Department of Renewable Resources
7 shared papers, latest 2021
Jean Bousquet
Sciences du bois et de la forêt
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Joerg Bohlmann
Michael Smith Laboratories
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Maya Evenden
Biological Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Inanc Birol
Genome Sciences Centre
1 shared papers, latest 2024
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