Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Scholtz, CH
BSc(Hons) MSc DSc(Pret) - Professor
NRF Rating: B1
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3236
Fax number: 012 362 5242
E-mail address: chscholtz@zoology.up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Sustainable insect management
Biology of fragmented populations; Conservation planning; Conservation and restoration ecology; and Biodiversity and systematics
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Davis ALV, Scholtz CH, Deschodt C: 2005. A dung beetle survey of selected Gauteng nature reserves: implications for conservation of the provincial scarabaeine fauna. African Entomology, 13 (1), pp 1-16.
van der Merwe Y, Scholtz CH: 2005. New species of flightless Trogidae from South African relict forest fragments. African Entomology, 13 (1), pp 181-186.
Kryger U, Deschodt C, Scholtz CH: 2005. Effects of fluazuron and ivermectin treatment of cattle on the structure of dung beetle communities. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 105, pp 649-656.
Holter P, Scholtz CH: 2005. Are ball-rolling (Scarabaeini, Gymnopleurini, Sisyphini) and tunnelling scarabaeine dung beetles equally choosy about the size of ingested dung particles?. Ecological Entomology, 30, pp 1-6.
Medina C, Scholtz CH: 2005. Systematics of the southern African genus Epirinus Reiche (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae: Canthonini): Descriptions of new species and phylogeny. Insect Systematics & Evolution, 36 (2), pp 145-160.
Sole CL, Scholtz CH, Bastos AD: 2005. Phylogeography of the Namib Desert dung beetles, Scarabaeus (Pachysoma) MacLeay (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of Biogeography, 32, pp 75-84.
Frolov A, Scholtz CH: 2005. Revision of the southern African genus Frankenbergerius Balthasar with description of new taxa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabeinae). Journal of Natural History, 39 (25), pp 2355-2377.
Forgie S, Philips TK, Scholtz CH: 2005. Evolution of the Scarabaeini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Systematic Entomology, 30, pp 60-96.
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