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:
Dietemann V, Pirk CWW, Crewe RM: 2009. Is there a need for conservation of honeybees in Africa?. Apidologie, 40, pp 285-295, Full Text
Tan K, Yang M, Radloff SE, Pirk CWW, Crewe RM, Phiancharoen M, Hepburn R, Oldroyd B: 2009. Worker reproduction in mixed-species colonies of honey bees. Behavioral Ecology, 20 (5), pp 1106-1110.
Sande SO, Crewe RM, Raina SK, Nicolson SW, Gordon IJ: 2009. Proximity to a forest leads to higher honey yield: Another reason to conserve. Biological Conservation, 142, pp 2703-2709.
Jaffe R, Dietemann V, Allsopp MH, Costa C, Crewe RM, Dall Olio R, De la Rua P, El-Niweiri MAA, Fries I, Kezic N, Meusel MS, Paxton RJ, Shaibi T, Stolle E, Moritz RFA: 2009. Estimating the density of honeybee colonies across their natural range to fill the gap in pollinator decline censuses. Conservation Biology, 24 (2), pp 583-593.
Jaffe R, Dietemann V, Crewe RM, Moritz RFA: 2009. Temporal variation in the genetic structure of a drone congregation area: An insight into the population dynamics of wild African honeybees (Apis mellifera scutellata). Molecular Ecology, 18 (7), pp 1511-1522.
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