Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Pirk, CWW
Senior Lecturer
NRF Rating: Y1
Contact Details
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 4204616
E-mail address: christian.pirk@up.ac.za
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Human H, Pirk CWW, Crewe RM, Dietemann V: 2011. The honeybee disease American foulbrood - an African perspective. African Entomology, 19 (3), pp 551-557, Full Text
De Vries JL, Pirk CWW, Bateman PW, Cameron EZ, Dalerum FD: 2011. Extension of the diet of an extreme foraging specialist, the aardwolf (Proteles cristata). African Zoology, 46 (1), pp 194-196, Full Text
Carvalheiro LG, Veldtman R, Shenkute AG, Tesfay GB, Pirk CWW, Donaldson JS, Nicolson SW: 2011. Natural and within-farmland biodiversity enhances crop productivity. Ecology Letters, 14, pp 251-259, Full Text
Zheng H-Q, Hu F-L, Pirk CWW: 2011. Errors in comb building behaviour inApis cerana cerana that result in entrapped workers. Insectes Sociaux, 58, pp 413-415.
Pirk CWW, Crous K, Duangphakdee O, Radloff SE, Hepburn HR: 2011. Economics of comb wax salvage by the red dwarf honeybee,Apis florea. Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology, 181, pp 353-359, Full Text
Dietemann V, Human H, Pirk CWW, Crewe RM: 2011. Should we be worried about African honeybees?. South African Bee Journal, 83 (2), pp 78-79.
Chapters in books:
Pirk CWW, Sole CL, Crewe RM: 2011. Pheromones. In Honeybees of Asia, (9) / 2, Springer Verlag, pp 207-215.
Hepburn HR, Pirk CWW, Radloff SE: 2011. Energetic aspects of flight. In Honeybees of Asia, (13) / 3, Springer Verlag, pp 293-313.
Sole CL, Pirk CWW: 2011. Genetic considerations. In Honeybees of Asia, (5) / 1, Springer Verlag, pp 95-109.
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