Nafiseh Mahdavi Arab
Chair for Terrestrial Ecology
Department of Ecology and Ecosystemmanagement
Technische Universität München
Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2
D-85350 Freising-Weihenstephan
Room: 1.2.2.3
Phone: +49.8161.71.2490
Fax: +49.8161.71.4427
E-mail: nafiseh.mahdavi[at]tum.de
Curriculum vitae
2010- | present | PhD student in Ecology at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena and Technische Universität München, Germany under the supervision of Prof. Dr. W. W. Weisser. Thesis title: Plant invasion, insect herbivores and competition: insights into the ecological interactions between invasive Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) and native Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare). |
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2003- | 2006 | M.Sc. in Agricultural Entomology at the Isfahan University of Technology, Iran under the supervision of Prof. Dr. R. Ebadi and Prof. Dr. B. Hatami. Thesis: Insecticidal effect of some plant extracts on Callosobruchus maculatus F. under laboratory condition and Laphigma exigua H. in greenhouse. |
1999- | 2003 | B.Sc. in Plant Protection at the Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran. Senior Project: Faunistic survey of Rosaceae aphids in Kerman, Iran. |
Research Topics
- Invasive plants
- Investigating effect of competition between invasive goldenrod and native tansy
- Studing the role of insect herbivores in the interaction between goldenrod and native tansy
- Investigating competition ability of invasive goldenrod and native tansy in different soil condition in present of specialist herbivores on tansy.
Projects
Ongoing projects
- The role of insect herbivores in the interaction between Tansy and Goldenrod
- Invitro allelopateic interaction between tansy and goldenrod
- Competition ability of tansy and goldenrod in different soil condition in present of specialist herbivores on tansy plant
Publications
2014
Mahdavi-Arab, N., S. T. Meyer, M. Mehrparvar and W. W. Weisser. 2014. Complex Effects of Fertilization on Plant and Herbivore Performance in the Presence of a Plant Competitor and Activated Carbon. PLoS ONE 9:e103731. PDF |
2013
Mehrparvar, M., N. Mahdavi Arab, and W. W. Weisser. 2013. Diet-mediated effects of specialized tansy aphids on survival and development of their predators: Is there any benefit of dietary mixing? Biological Control 65:142-146. |
2012
Mehrparvar, M., S. M. Madjdzadeh, N. Mahdavi Arab, M. Esmaeilbeygi, and E. Ebrahimpour. 2012. Morphometric discrimination of Black Legume Aphid, Aphis craccivora Koch (Hemiptera: Aphididae), populations associated with different host plants. North-Western Journal of Zoology 8:172-180. PDF |
2008
Mahdavi Arab, N., R. Ebadi, B. Hatami, and K. H. Talebi Jahromi. 2008. Insecticidal effect of some plant extracts on Callosobruchus maculatus F. under laboratory condition and Laphigma exigua H. in greenhouse. Journal of Science and Technology of Agriculture and Natural Resources 11:221-235. [in Persian with English Abstract] |