Urban Forestry and Natural Resources Advisor
South Coast Research and Extension Center7601 Irvine Blvd.
Irvine, CA 92618
(949) 301-9182 Ext 1006
benobua@ucanr.edu
Also in:
South Coast Research & Extension Center
Links
Education
Ph.D. Biology, Universidad de Buenos Aires. 2014
B.S. Biological Sciences, Universidad de Buenos Aires. 2008
Awards
- R.W. Harris Award for Excellence in Education
Presented by International Society of Arboriculture, https://www.wcisa.net/membership/awards, 2019
Areas of Expertise (click to see all ANR academics with this expertise)
- Wilderness
- Parks / Campgrounds / Urban Greenspace
- Forest / Range / Wildlife Commodities / Habitats
- Plant Protection
- Insects, Mites, and Other Arthropods Affecting Plants
- Integrated Pest Management Systems
- Communication, Education, and Information Delivery
- Urban Forestry
- Natural Resources, General
- Spanish
- Climate Change
- Research and Extension Centers
- Master Gardeners
- Pest Management/Diseases
- Invasives
- Sustainable Natural Ecosystems
- Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases
- Science Literacy in Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Nutrition
Bibliography
Peer Reviewed
- Rust, Michael; Sutherland, Andrew, et al. (2022). The Development and Evaluation of Baiting Strategies for Control of Pest Yellowjackets in California. Proceedings of the National Conference on Urban Entomology.
- Nobua-Behrmann, Beatriz; Oliver, Randall (2021). Invasive Shothole Borers - an Ongoing Threat to California's Trees. UC IPM Green Bulletin. 11:1, 3-5. http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PDF/PUBS/greenbulletin.2021.summer.pdf?src=GBmailing
- Shennan, Carol; Muramoto, Joji, et al. (2020). Effects of crop rotation, anaerobic soil disinfestation, and mustard seed meal on disease severity and organic strawberry production in California. Acta Horticulture. 1270, 63-70. 2020. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2020.1270.7
- Nobua-Behrmann, Beatriz (2018). Managing Invasive Shot-Hole Borers in Southern California. UC IPM Green Bulletin. 8:2, 4-5. https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=28508
- Nobua-Behrmann, Beatriz; Lopez de Casenave, Javier, et al. (2017). Coexisting in harsh environments: temperature-based foraging patterns of two desert leafcutter ants (Hymenoptera: Attini). Myrmecological News. 25, 41-49.
- Nobua-Behrmann, Beatriz; Lopez de Casenave, Javier, et al. (2013). Forager abundance and its relationship with colony activity level in three species of South American Pogonomyrmex harvester ants. Insectes Sociaux. 60, 243-249.
Non-Peer Reviewed
- Nobua-Behrmann, Beatriz; Oliver, Randall (2022). Invasive Shothole Borers Threaten California’s Urban Forests. UC IPM Home & Garden Pest Newsletter. UC IPM. 2:1, 1-3. http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PDF/PUBS/Spring_2022_home-garden-pest-newsletter.pdf
- Oliver, Randall; Nobua-Behrmann, Beatriz, et al. (2021). Invasive Shothole Borers and Fusarium Dieback Homeowners Advisory. 04/2021. https://ucanr.edu/sites/pshb/files/348589.pdf
- Eskalen, Akif; Lynch, Shannon, et al. (2020). Invasive shot hole borers + Fusarium dieback: How to sample a suspect tree. December 2020. https://ucanr.edu/sites/pshb/files/204933.pdf
- Nobua-Behrmann, Beatriz; Dimson, Monica, et al. (2020). Invasive shot-hole borers - Symptoms of infestation. Spanish-English bilingual handout.
- Dimson, Monica; Kabashima, John, et al. (2020). Los Escarabajos Barrenadores Invasores + Marchitez por Fusariosis: Una devastadora amenaza para los árboles en California. Revised 3/2020.
- Ewing, Curtis; Dimson, Monica, et al. (2020). Pest Alert – Mediterranean Oak Borer (Xyleborus monographus).
- Nobua Behrmann, Beatriz; Dimson, Monica, et al. (2019). FD–ISHB Management Matrix - Infested Urban and Peri-urban Forest.
- Dimson, Monica; Nobua-Behrmann, Beatriz, et al. (2019). ISHB . Invasive shot-hole borers - Symptoms of infestation . Card.
- Nobua-Behrmann, Beatriz; Barraza, Abigail, et al. (2019). The Invasive Shot Hole Borers Online Course. https://campus.extension.org/enrol/index.php?id=1704
- Nobua-Behrmann, Beatriz; Kabashima, John (2018). Invasive Shot-Hole Borers and Fusarium Dieback: how to deal with the beetles and the tree killing fungi they vector. Parks and Rec Business magazine. December 2018, 44-47. https://www.parksandrecbusiness.com/articles/2018/12/invasive-shot-hole-borers-and-fusarium-dieback
- Nobua-Behrmann, Beatriz (2018). Invasive Shot-Hole Borers: Tree-killing invasive beetles that hitchhike on infested wood. The Garden Beet. http://mgorange.ucanr.edu/files/284970.pdf
- Choe, Dong-Hwan; Campbell, Kathleen, et al. (2017). Use of hydrogel matrix and metaflumizone for western yellowjacket baiting program at Irvine Regional Park.
ANR Workgroup Associations
- Fire - Member
- Forest Ecosystems and Communities - Member
- Landscape and Urban Horticulture - Member
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