Dr. Christiane Helbig
Core research areas
- control and regulation of native and non-native bark beetles and their antagonists
- strategies for environmentally friendly forest protection
- pest organisms and pest management in short rotation plantations
- Carabidae
Teaching focus
- forest pest species
- invasive forest pests
- forest protection research
Committees
- Fachausschuss (Departmental Committee)
- Prüfungsauschuss invasive forest pest (Examination Committee)
Curriculum Vitae
| 2021-today | Research Associate at the Chair of Forest Protection with teaching activities in the FOBF19, FOBF37, FOBF41, FOBF47, FOBF49, FOMT2.4 and UWFMF13 modules |
| 04/2022 | Defense of the dissertation titled "Insect pests in short rotation plantations with poplars, willows and black locust in Saxony and southern Brandenburg", graduation as Doctor rerum silvaticarum |
| 2015-2023 | Research Associate at the Chair of Forest Protection in the projects bioProtect (Development and implementation of biological techniques for an insecticide-free bark beetle management using natural bark beetle antagonists) and ReBek (Development of effective and close-to-nature regulation and eradication methods as a requirement for a sustainable and future-compliant forest management) |
| 2013-2014 | International Research Scholar at the University of Georgia, D. B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources in the project"Southern Pine Health" |
| 2006-2013 | Research Associate at the Chair of Forest Protection in the projects AGROWOOD (Establishment, harvest and utilization of fast-growing tree species on agricultural land) and CultPop (Cultivation of poplar on former sewage farms) |
| 2004-2006 | Career training for the higher forestry service in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern including a four-week forestry study trip through Denmark, Sweden, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia as well as the Great Forestry State Exam, graduation as assessor of the forestry service |
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1998-2003 |
Forest sciences studies at TU Dresden, diploma thesis entitled "Investigations on the influence of small-scale occurrences of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) on epigeic arthropods in stands of Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] KARST.)" at the Chair of Forest Protection, graduated as Diplom-Forstwirtin |
Publications
Selected papers
- Heber T., Helbig C. E., Osmers S., Larquette M., Müller M. G. (2024): Evaluation of trap type and attractant composition for potential mass trapping of Hylobius abietis. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 26 (1): 1-17.
- Heber T., Helbig C. E., Osmers S., Müller, M. G. (2021): Evaluation of attractant composition, application rate, and trap type for potential mass trapping of Ips typographus (L.). Forests 12 (12): 1727. DOI: 10.3390/f12121727.
- Helbig C. E., Müller M. G., Landgraf D. (2021): Effects of leaf loss by artifical defoliation on the growth of different poplar and willow varieties. Forests 12 (9): 1224. DOI: 10.3390/f12091224.
- Müller-Kroehling S., Hohmann G., Helbig C., Liesebach M., Lübke-Al Hussein M., Al Hussein I. A., Burmeister J., Jantsch M. C., Zehlius-Eckert W., Müller M. (2020): Biodiversity functions of short rotation coppice stands - results of a meta study on ground beetles (Coleoptera. Carabidae). Biomass and Bioenergy 132: 105416. DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2019.105416.
- Helbig C. E., Coyle D. R., Klepzig K. D., Nowak J. T., Gandhi K. J. K. (2016): Colonization dynamics of subcortical insects on forest sites with relatively stressed and unstressed loblolly pine trees. Journal of Economic Entomology 109 (4): 1729-40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jee/tow083.
Selected book contributions
- Georgi R., Helbig C., Müller M. (2013): Biotische und abiotische Schäden in Kurzumtriebsplantagen. In: Bemmmann A., Butler Manning D. (eds.): Energieholzplantagen in der Landwirtschaft. Eine Anleitung zur Bewirtschaftung von schnellwachsenden Baumarten im Kurzumtrieb für den Praktiker. 1. Aufl. Clenze: Agrimedia: 42–48. ISBN: 978-3-86263-081-3
- Helbig C., Müller M. (2010): Naturale Risiken und Grundzüge des Schadensmanagements in Kurzumtriebsplantagen. In: Bemann A., Knust C. (eds.): Agrowood. Weißenseeverlag Berlin, 74-87.
- Helbig C., Müller M. (2010): Habitatqualität von Kurzumtriebsplantagen für die epigäische Fauna am Beispiel der Laufkäfer (Coleoptera, Carabidae. In: Bemann A., Knust C. (eds.): Agrowood. Weißenseeverlag Berlin, 147-152.
- Helbig C., Müller M. (2009): Abiotische und biotische Schadfaktoren in Kurzumtriebsplantagen. In: Reeg T., Bemmann A., Konold W., Murach D., Spieker H. (eds.): Anbau und Nutzung von Bäumen auf landwirtschaftlichen Flächen. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 83-97.
Selected international presentations and posters
- Options for an insecticide-free management of the black stem borer, Xylosandrus germanus, a non-native bark beetle in Germany. Poster. 27th International Congress of Entomology: New Discoveries Through Consilience. August 25-30, 2024. Kyoto, Japan.
- Interference in bark beetle host selection: Effects of allochthonous kairomones, anti-aggregation substances and non-host volatiles on bark beetles and their antagonists. Presentation. IUFRO Joint Meeting: Global Challenges and Innovative Management of Bark and Wood Borers in Planted Forests. August 29-31, 2023. Bordeaux, France.
- Biology and management of buprestids on broadleaf tree species in Germany: Agrilus biguttatus on oak and A. viridis on beech. Presentation. 2018 ESA, ESC and ESBC Joint Annual Meeting: Crossing Borders - Entomology in a Changing world. November 11-14, 2018. Vancouver, Canada.
- The good, the bad, and the smelly: using allochthonous kairomones as an insecticide-free option in bark beetle management. Presentation. IUFRO Joint Meeting: Forest Insects and Pathogens in a Changing Environment - Ecology, Monitoring and Genetics. September 11-15, 2017. Thessaloniki, Greece.
- Attraction of bark and woodboring insects to loblolly pines as based on tree health. Lecture. 25th International Congress of Entomology: Entomology Without Borders. September 25-30, 2016. Orlando/FL, USA.
- Rhizophagous weevils - primary or secondary pests on loblolly pine? Presentation. 56th Annual Southern Forest Insect Work Conference. July 22-25, 2014. Charleston/SC, USA.
- Insect pests in SRC in Germany - an overview of their effects, risk potential and control measures. Presentation. Final International BENWOOD Conference: Short Rotation Forestry and Agroforestry - an Exchance of Experience between CDM Countries and Europe. June 20-22, 2011. Barolo, Italy.