Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Sustainable insect management - Research Output
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Strauss U, Human H, Crewe RM, Pirk CWW: 2010. The first report of storage mites, Catoglyphus hughesi (Acaridae) on laboratory-reared Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in South Africa. African Entomology, 18 (2), pp 379-382, Full Text
Engelbrecht I: 2010. Invertebrate species inventories in protected area management: are they useful?. African Entomology, 18 (2), pp 235-245, Full Text
Pirk CWW, Boodhoo C, Human H, Nicolson SW: 2010. The importance of protein type and protein to carbohydrate ratio for survival and ovarian activation of caged honeybees (Apis mellifera scutellata). Apidologie, 41, pp 62-72, Full Text
Yang M-X, Ken T, Radloff SE, Pirk CWW, Hepburn HR: 2010. Hetero-specific queen retinue behavior of worker bees in mixed-species colonies of Apis cerana and Apis mellifera. Apidologie, 41, pp 54-61, Full Text
Brown J, Scholtz CH, Janeau J-L, Grellier S, Podwojewski P: 2010. Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) can improve soil hydrological properties. Applied Soil Ecology, 46, pp 9-16, Full Text
Zheng H-Q, Dietemann V, Crewe RM, Hepburn HR, Hu F-L, Yang M-X, Pirk CWW: 2010. Pheromonal predisposition to social parasitism in the honeybee Apis mellifera capensis. Behavioral Ecology, 21, pp 1221-1226.
Nofemela RS: 2010. The ability of synthetic sex pheromone traps to forecast Plutella xylostella infestations depends on survival of immature stages. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 136, pp 281-289.
Musundire R, Chabi-Olaye A, Krüger K: 2010. Host plant effects on morphometric characteristics of Liriomyza huidobrensis, L. sativae and L. trifolii (Diptera: Agromyzidae). Journal of Applied Entomology, 1, p. 12pp.
Mawela KV, Kfir R, Krüger K: 2010. Host suitability of UV-irradiated eggs of three Lepidoptera species for rearing Trichogrammatoidea lutea Girault (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Journal of Applied Entomology, 134, pp 737-744.
Tan K, Wang Z-W, Li H, Yang M-X, Pirk CWW, Hepburn HR, Radloff SE: 2010. Responses of queenright and queenless workers of Apis cerana to 9-keto-e(E)-decenoic acid, a pheromonal constituent of the mandibular gland. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 36, pp 966-968, Full Text
Metz BN, Pankiw T, Tichy SE, Aronstein KA, Crewe RM: 2010. Variation in and responses to brood pheromone of the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 36, pp 432-440.
Jacobs CT, Scholtz CH, Escobar F, Davis ALV: 2010. How might intensification of farming influence dung beetle diversity (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Maputo Special Reserve (Mozambique)?. Journal of Insect Conservation, 14, pp 389-399, Full Text
Ellis MB, Nicolson SW, Crewe RM, Dietemann V: 2010. Brood comb as a humidity buffer in honeybee nests. Naturwissenschaften, 97, pp 429-433.
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