Faculty of Natural and Agricultural 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 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
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.
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.
Yusuf AA, Pirk CWW, Crewe RM, Njagi PGN, Gordon I, Torto B: 2010. Nestmate recognition and the role of cuticular hydrocarbons in the African termite raiding ant Pachycondyla analis. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 36, pp 441-448.
Altaye SZ, Pirk CWW, Crewe RM, Nicolson SW: 2010. Convergence of carbohydrate-biased intake targets in caged worker honeybees fed different protein sources. Journal of Experimental Biology, 213, pp 3311-3318, 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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