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Crewe, RM
BSc(Agric) MSc(Agric)(Natal) PhD(Georgia) - Dean

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Contact details:

Telephone number: 012 420 2478
Fax number: 012 420 3890
E-mail address: robin.crewe@bioagric.up.ac.za

Research interests:

The ecology, ethology, physiology and evolution of African animals; Behavioural, physiological and evolutionary ecology; and Antarctic biology

Sustainable insect management

Biology of fragmented populations; Conservation planning; Conservation and restoration ecology; and Biodiversity and systematics

Process Science

Research output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals

Becker MM, Brückner D, Crewe RM: 2001. Behavioral response of drone honeybees, Apis Mellifera Carnica and Apis mellifera Scutellata, to worker-produced pheromone components. Journal of Apicultural Research, 39(3-4), pp 149-152.

Meyer VW, Crewe RM, Braack LEO, Groeneveld HT, van der Linde MJ: 2001. Biomass of Macrotermes natalensis in the northern Kruger National Park, South Africa - the effects of Land Characteristics. Sociobiology, 38(3A), pp 431-448.

Moritz RFA, Crewe RM, Hepburn HR: 2001. Attraction and repellence of workers by the honeybee queen (Apis mellifera L.). Ethology, 107, pp 465-477.

Simon UE, Moritz RFA, Crewe RM: 2001. The ontogenetic pattern of mandibular gland components in queenless worker bees (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.). Journal of Insect Physiology, 47, pp 735-738.

Sledge MF, Peeters C, Crewe RM: 2001. Reproductive division of labour without dominance interactions in the queenless ponerine ant Pachycondyla (=Ophthalmopone) Berthoudi (Formicidae, Ponerinae). Insectes Sociaux, 48, pp 67-73.