Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Scholtz, CH
BSc(Hons) MSc DSc(Pret) - Professor
NRF Rating: A2
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:
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
Davis ALV, Scholtz CH: 2010. Speciation and evolution of eco-climatic ranges in the intertropical African dung beetle genus, Diasellopalpus van Lansberge. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 99, pp 407-423, Full Text
Davis ALV, Scholtz CH, Kryger U, Deschodt CM, Strumpher WP: 2010. Dung beetle assemblage structure in Tswalu Kalahari Reserve: Responses to a mosaic of landscape types, vegetation communities, and dung types. Environmental Entomology, 39 (3), pp 811-820, Full Text
Baird E, Byrne M, Scholtz CH, Warrant EJ, Dacke M: 2010. Bearing selection in ball-rolling dung beetles:is it constant?. Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 196, pp 801-806.
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
Sole CL, Scholtz CH: 2010. Did dung beetles arise in Africa? A phylogenetic hypothesis based on five gene regions. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 56, pp 631-641.
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