Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Crewe, RM
BSc(Agric) MSc(Agric)(Natal) PhD(Georgia) - Extraordinary Professor
NRF Rating: B3
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 4093
Fax number: 012 420 3696
E-mail address: robin.crewe@up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Sustainable insect management
Biology of fragmented populations; Conservation planning; Conservation and restoration ecology; and Biodiversity and systematics
The ecology, ethology, physiology and evolution of African animals; Behavioural, physiological and evolutionary ecology; and Antarctic biology
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Bennett L, Silberbauer LX, Crewe RM: 2006. Nest and nestmate recognition cues in a primitively social bee, Allodape rufogastra Lepeletier & Serville (Hymenoptera: Apidae). African Entomology, 14 (1), pp 175-183.
Härtel S, Neumann P, Kryger P, von der Heide C, Moltzer GJ, Crewe RM, Praagh JP, Moritz RFA: 2006. Infestation levels of Apis mellifera scutellata swarms by socially parasitic Cape honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis). Apidologie, 37, pp 462-470.
Dietemann V, Pflugfelder J, Härtel S, Neumann P, Crewe RM: 2006. Social parasitism by honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.): Evidence for pheromonal resistance to host queen's signals. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 60 (6), pp 785-793.
Brent C, Peeters CP, Dietemann V, Crewe RM, Vargo E: 2006. Hormonal correlates of reproductive status in the queenless ponerine ant, Streblognathus peetersi. Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 192, pp 315-320.
Schäfer MO, Dietemann V, Pirk CWW, Neumann P, Crewe RM, Hepburn HR, Tautz J, Crailsheim K: 2006. Individual versus social pathway to honeybee worker reproduction (Apis mellifera): pollen or jelly as protein source for oogenesis?. Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 192, pp 761-768.
Dietemann V, Lubbe A, Crewe RM: 2006. Human factors facilitating the spread of a parasitic honeybee in South Africa. Journal of Economic Entomology, 99 (1), pp 7-13.
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