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: B1
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:
Strauss K, Scharpenberg H, Crewe RM, Glahn F, Foth H, Moritz RFA: 2008. The role of the queen mandibular gland pheromone in honeybees (Apis mellifera): honest signal or suppressive agent?. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 62, pp 1523-1531, Full Text
Moritz RFA, Kraus FB, Kryger P, Crewe RM: 2008. The size of wild honeybee populations (Apis mellifera) and is implications for the conservation of honeybees. Journal of Insect Conservation, 11, pp 391-397, Full Text
Moritz RFA, Dietemann V, Crewe RM: 2008. Determining colony densities in wild honeybee populations (Apis mellifera) with linked microsatellite DNA markers. Journal of Insect Conservation, 12, pp 455-459.
Ellis M, Nicolson SW, Crewe RM, Dietemann V: 2008. Hygropreference and brood care in the honeybee (Apis mellifera). Journal of Insect Physiology, 54, pp 1516-1521, Full Text
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