Mari Steinert
Department Director, PhD Ecology
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Responsibilities
Head of the department for pest control. The department works with research, consultancy, and teaching in the field of urban pests and entomology. Knowledge acquisition and research focuses on pest control and protection against pests through constantly improved and safer control measures and reducing the use of chemicals. My areas of expertise are insect ecology, medical entomology, blood-feeding insects, wood boring insects, resistance to chemicals, development of control methodology, population dynamics, insect physiology, wasps and bees, mosquitoes and flies, insect repellents. Current projects involves studies on bed bugs, bristletails and rodents. Role in European Network for medical and veterinary entomology, VectorNet3: OCP (operational contact point) for entomology.
Projects and publications
- Bjørn Arne Rukke, Pascal Querner, Morten Hage, Mari Steinert, Marianne Kaldager, Astrid Sømhovd, Patrycja Dominiak, Mónica Garrido, Tone Hansson, Anders Aak, (2023). Insecticidal gel bait for the decimation of Ctenolepisma longicaudatum (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae) populations in libraries, museums, and archives. Journal of Cultural Heritage s. 255-263. doi: 10.1016/j.culher.2022.12.010
- Morten Hage, Anders Aak, Mari Steinert, Bjørn Arne Rukke, (2022). First record of the tropical bed bug Cimex hemipterus (Fabricius, 1803) (Hemiptera, Cimicidae) in Norway. Norwegian Journal of Entomology s. 201-206.
- Markus A. K. Sydenham, Zander Venter, Katrine Eldegard, Stein Ragnar Moe, Mari Steinert, Arnstein Staverløkk, Sondre Dahle, Daniel Ingvar Jeuderan Skoog, Kaj-Andreas Hanevik, Astrid Brekke Skrindo, Graciela Rusch, (2021). High resolution prediction maps of solitary bee diversity can guide conservation measures . Landscape and Urban Planning doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104267
- Mari Steinert, Katrine Eldegard, Markus A. K. Sydenham, Stein Ragnar Moe, (2020). Bumble bee communities in power-line clearings: Effects of experimental management practices. Insect Conservation and Diversity s. 377-392. doi: 10.1111/icad.12463
- Mari Steinert, Markus A. K. Sydenham, Katrine Eldegard, Stein Ragnar Moe, (2019). Conservation of solitary bees in power-line clearings: Sustained increase in habitat quality through woody debris removal. Global Ecology and Conservation doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00823
- Markus A. K. Sydenham, Stein Ragnar Moe, Mari Steinert, Katrine Eldegard, (2019). Univariate Community Assembly Analysis (UniCAA): Combining hierarchical models with null models to test the influence of spatially restricted dispersal, environmental filtering, and stochasticity on community assembly. Ecology and Evolution s. 1473-1488. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4868
- Mari Steinert, Markus A. K. Sydenham, Katrine Eldegard, Stein Ragnar Moe, (2018). New records of Cleopomiarus distinctus Boheman, 1845 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) and Stricticollis tobias Marseul, 1879 (Coleoptera, Anthicidae) from Norway. Norwegian Journal of Entomology s. 175-182.
- Mari Steinert, Stein Ragnar Moe, Markus A. K. Sydenham, Katrine Eldegard, (2018). Different cutting regimes improve species and functional diversity of insect‐pollinated plants in power‐line clearings. Ecosphere doi: 10.1002/ecs2.2509
- Markus A. K. Sydenham, Frode Ødegaard, Kaj-Andreas Hanevik, Daniel Ingvar Jeuderan Skoog, Helene Totland Müller, Mari Steinert, (2018). On the distribution of the rare solitary bee Coelioxys lanceolata Nylander, 1852 (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) in Norway. Norwegian Journal of Entomology s. 7-12.
- Trude Marie Lyngstad, Heidi Lange, Lin T. Brandal, Elisabeth Astrup, Tone Bjordal Johansen, Hilde Lund, Umaer Naseer, Ettore Amato, Marte Petrikke Grenersen, Silje Bruland Lavoll, Solveig Jore, Mari Steinert, Liz Ertzeid Ødeskaug, Beatriz Valcarcel Salamanca, Richard Aubrey White, Petter L. Heradstveit, Susanne Hyllestad, Siri Laura Feruglio, (2024). Årsrapport 2023. Overvåkning av infeksjonssykdommer som smitter fra mat, vann og dyr, inkludert vektorbårne sykdommer.
- Håkon Valen, Rune Becher, Gunn Elisabeth Vist, Inger-Lise Steffensen, Espen Mariussen, Anette Kocbach Bølling, Mari Steinert, Anders Aak, Bjørn Arne Rukke, Miriam Bakkeli, (2024). Helserisiko hos mennesker knyttet til fuktproblemer, muggsopp, annen mikrobiologisk forurensning og fuktkrevende skadedyr i innemiljøer. En protokoll for et interaktivt forskningskart, en oversikt over systematiske oversikter og systematiske oversikter.
- Trude Marie Lyngstad, Heidi Lange, Lin T. Brandal, Elisabeth Astrup, Tone Kristin Bjordal Johansen, Hilde Marie Lund, Mohammed Umaer Naseer, Ettore Amato, Marte Petrikke Grenersen, Silje Bruland Lavoll, Solveig Jore, Arnulf Soleng, Mari Steinert, Beatriz Valcarcel Salamanca, Richard Aubrey White, Emily Ann Macdonald, Susanne Hyllestad, Siri Laura Feruglio, (2023). Årsrapport 2022. Overvåkning av sykdommer som smitter fra mat, vann og dyr, inkludert vektorbårne sykdommer .
- Trond Bøhlerengen, Heidi Elisabeth Heggen Lindstedt, Preben Skrede Ottesen, Bjørn Arne Rukke, Arnulf Soleng, Mari Steinert, Anders Aak, (2022). Veien til godkjent skadedyrbekjemper, del 2.
- Trude Marie Lyngstad, Heidi Lange, Lin T. Brandal, Elisabeth Astrup, Helena Niemi Eide, Tone Kristin Bjordal Johansen, Hilde Marie Lund, Mohammed Umaer Naseer, Ettore Amato, Marte Petrikke Grenersen, Silje Bruland Lavoll, Solveig Jore, Arnulf Soleng, Mari Steinert, Gry Marysol Grøneng, Beatriz Valcarcel Salamanca, Emily Ann Macdonald, Karin Maria Nygård, Siri Laura Feruglio, (2022). Årsrapport 2021. Overvåkning av sykdommer som smitter fra mat, vann og dyr, inkludert vektorbårne sykdommer.
- Graciela Rusch, Markus A. K. Sydenham, Zander Venter, Katrine Eldegard, Stein Ragnar Moe, Mari Steinert, Arnstein Staverløkk, Sondre Dahle, Daniel Ingvar Jeuderan Skoog, Astrid Brekke Skrindo, (2021). Kan vi forutsi og kartfeste hvor mangfoldet av bier trolig er størst? .
- Markus A. K. Sydenham, Zander Venter, Katrine Eldegard, Marianne Evju, Stein Ragnar Moe, Mari Steinert, Arnstein Staverløkk, Sondre Dahle, Daniel Ingvar Jeuderan Skoog, Kaj-Andreas Hanevik, Astrid Brekke Skrindo, Jens Åström, Graciela Rusch, (2021). Priority maps for pollinator habitat enhancement schemes in semi-natural grasslands.
- Torbjørn Ekrem, Elina Nordhagen Rydland, Mari Steinert, (2020). Høysesong for bananfluer – slik blir du kvitt dem.