Dr. Alexandra Esther
Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture and Urban Green

Contact
- Telephone: +49 03946 47-7719
- E-mail: alexandra.esther@ julius-kuehn. de
Address
Julius Kühn-Institut
Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture and Urban Green
Messeweg 11/12
38104 Braunschweig
Julius Kühn-Institut
Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture and Urban Green
Messeweg 11/12
38104 Braunschweig
Tasks
- Relevance, dynamic and ecology of non-rodents and genetically based rodenticide resistance in horticulture, agriculture and forestry
- Monitoring, consequences and management of genetically based rodenticide resistance vertebrates including rodents
- Residues, risk evaluation and mitigation of pesticides for protection of vertebrates such as amphibian, wild boars and predators (e. g. birds of prey, mustelidae)
- Development of management methods to avoid damages on cultivated plants by non-rodents (e. g. crows)
- Modelling for analysis, simulation and prognosis of population dynamics concerning rodenticide resistance as well as non- rodents
- Official assessment of nesting boxes
- Evaluation of active substances and products concerning registration
Memberships
- German Expert Panel for Rodenticide Resistance (Head)
- Deutsche Phytomedizinische Gesellschaft e.V. (DPG)
- DPG Working Group Vertebrates
- Gesellschaft für Ökologie (GfÖ)
- Editorial Board Member of Journal Birds