Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Scholtz, CH
BSc(Hons) MSc DSc(Pret) - Professor and Head
NRF Rating: B1
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3233
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:
Veldtman R, McGeoch MA, Scholtz CH: 2002. Variability in cocoon size in southern African wild silk moths: Implications for sustainable harvesting. African Entomology, 10 (1), pp 127-136.
Grebennikov VV, Ballerio A, Scholtz CH: 2002. Larva and pupa of Cyphopisthes descarpentriesi Paulian (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Ceratocanthidae) and their phylogenetic implications. Australian Journal of Entomology, 41 / ISI, pp 367-374.
Holter P, Scholtz CH, Wardhaugh KG: 2002. Dung feeding in adult scarabaeines (tunnellers and endocoprids): Even large dung beetles eat small particles. Ecological Entomology, 27, pp 169-176.
Davis ALV, van Aarde RJ, Scholtz CH, Delport JH: 2002. Increasing representation of localized dung beetles across a chronosequence of regenerating vegetation and natural dune forest in South Africa. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 11 / ISI, pp 191-209.
Philips TK, Scholtz CH, Ocampo FC: 2002. A phylogenetic analysis of the Eucraniini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Insect Systematics & Evolution (Group 2), 33, pp 241-252.
Forgie S, Grebennikov VV, Scholtz CH: 2002. Revision of Sceliages Westwood, a millipede-eating genus of southern African dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 16, pp 931-955.
Davis ALV, Scholtz CH, Philips TK: 2002. Historical biogeography of scarabaeine dung beetles. Journal of Biogeography, 29, pp 1217-1256.
Dacke M, Nordström P, Scholtz CH, Warrant E: 2002. A specialized dorsal rim area for polarized light detection in the compound eye of the scarab beetle Pachysoma striatum. Journal of Comparative Physiology A - Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 188, pp 211-216.
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