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Christian Walter Werner Pirk

Christian Walter Werner Pirk

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
45
Citations
7447
World Ranking
4877
National Ranking
50

Overview

Christian Walter Werner Pirk is affiliated with the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The focus of their scientific work includes insect science, ecology, evolution, behavior, genetics, and plant science.

The scientist's publications cover a range of topics related to insect ecology and behavior, plant and animal studies, and insect-pest interactions. The main subjects investigated in their work include:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Insect Pest Control Strategies

Frequent collaborators in their research include Abdullahi A. Yusuf, Catherine L. Sole, Baldwyn Torto, Emilie Delétré, and David P. Tchouassi.

Regular venues for their publications consist of:

  • Journal of Chemical Ecology
  • Journal of Apicultural Research
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Physiological Entomology

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Christian Walter Werner Pirk include:

  • "Exploring the Kairomone-Based Foraging Behaviour of Natural Enemies to Enhance Biological Control: A Review" (2021), published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "The Diversity Decline in Wild and Managed Honey Bee Populations Urges for an Integrated Conservation Approach" (2022), published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Terpenes from herbivore-induced tomato plant volatiles attract Nesidiocoris tenuis (Hemiptera: Miridae), a predator of major tomato pests" (2021), published in Pest Management Science
  • "The Role of Trialeurodes vaporariorum-Infested Tomato Plant Volatiles in the Attraction of Encarsia formosa (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)" (2021), published in Journal of Chemical Ecology
  • "Honey bees save energy in honey processing by dehydrating nectar before returning to the nest" (2022), published in Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Natural and within‐farmland biodiversity enhances crop productivity

    Luísa Gigante Carvalheiro;Ruan Veldtman;Awraris Getachew Shenkute;Gebreamlak Bezabih Tesfay

  • Miscellaneous standard methods for Apis mellifera research

    Hannelie Human;Robert Brodschneider;Vincent Dietemann;Galen Dively

  • A worldwide survey of genome sequence variation provides insight into the evolutionary history of the honeybee Apis mellifera

    Andreas Wallberg;Fan Han;Gustaf Wellhagen;Bjørn Dahle

  • Detoxification mechanisms of honey bees (Apis mellifera) resulting in tolerance of dietary nicotine

    Esther Elizabeth Du Rand;Salome Smit;Mervyn Beukes;Zeno Apostolides

  • Adult honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) abandon hemocytic, but not phenoloxidase-based immunity

    Martin R. Schmid;Axel Brockmann;Christian Walter Werner Pirk;Christian Walter Werner Pirk;David W. Stanley

  • The importance of protein type and protein to carbohydrate ratio for survival and ovarian activation of caged honeybees (Apis mellifera scutellata)

    Christian W.W. Pirk;Chiraag Boodhoo;Hannelie Human;Susan W. Nicolson

  • The Conservation of Native Honey Bees Is Crucial.

    Fabrice Requier;Lionel Garnery;Lionel Garnery;Patrick Laurenz Kohl;Henry K. Njovu;Henry K. Njovu

  • A survey of managed honey bee colony losses in the Republic of South Africa - 2009 to 2011

    Christian Walter Werner Pirk;Hannelie Human;Robin M. Crewe;Dennis VanEngelsdorp

  • Automatic life-long monitoring of individual insect behaviour now possible.

    Sebastian Streit;Fiola Bock;Christian W.W. Pirk;Jürgen Tautz

  • Is there a need for conservation of honeybees in Africa

    Vincent Dietemann;Christian Walter Werner Pirk;Robin M. Crewe

  • Convergence of carbohydrate-biased intake targets in caged worker honeybees fed different protein sources

    Solomon Z. Altaye;Christian Walter Werner Pirk;Robin M. Crewe;Sue W. Nicolson

  • Economic and ecological implications of geographic bias in pollinator ecology in the light of pollinator declines

    C. R. Archer;C. W. W. Pirk;L. G. Carvalheiro;L. G. Carvalheiro;S. W. Nicolson

  • Standard methods for small hive beetle research

    Peter Neumann;Jay D Evans;Jeff S Pettis;Christian W W Pirk

  • Honeybee health in Africa—a review

    Christian Walter Werner Pirk;Ursula Strauss;Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf;Fabien J. Demares

  • Influence of pollen quality on ovarian development in honeybee workers (Apis mellifera scutellata)

    H. Human;S.W. Nicolson;K. Strauss;C.W.W. Pirk

  • Social encapsulation of beetle parasites by Cape honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.).

    P. Neumann;C. W. W. Pirk;H. R. Hepburn;A. J. Solbrig

  • Statistical guidelines for Apis mellifera research

    Christian W W Pirk;Joachim R de Miranda;Matthew Kramer;Tomàs E Murray

  • Honeybees and nectar nicotine: deterrence and reduced survival versus potential health benefits.

    Angela Kohler;Christian Walter Werner Pirk;Sue W. Nicolson

  • Seasonal prevalence of pathogens and parasites in the savannah honeybee (Apis mellifera scutellata).

    Ursula Strauss;Hannelie Human;Laurent Gauthier;Robin M. Crewe

  • Effects of a neonicotinoid pesticide on thermoregulation of African honey bees (Apis mellifera scutellata)

    Simone Tosi;Fabien J. Démares;Sue W. Nicolson;Piotr Medrzycki

  • Intranest relatedness and nestmate recognition in the meadow ant Formica pratensis (R.)

    C.W.W. Pirk;P. Neumann;R.F.A. Moritz;P. Pamilo

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