Publications
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2008
Trophallactic activities in the honeybee brood nest - Heaters get supplied with high performance fuel
Basile, Rebecca, Pirk, Christian W. W., Tautz, Jnrgen
Zoology
Honeybees actively regulate their brood temperature by heating between 33 and 36†›C if ambient temperatures are lower. Heat is...
2008
Self Assessment in Insects: Honeybee Queens Know Their Own Strength
Dietemann, Vincent, Zheng, Huo Qing, Hepburn, Colleen, Hepburn, H. Randall et al.
PLoS ONE
Contests mediate access to reproductive opportunities in almost all species of animals. An important aspect of the evolution of...
2008
Short-sighted evolution of virulence in parasitic honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.)
Moritz, Robin F. A., Pirk, Christian W. W., Hepburn, H., Neumann, Peter
Naturwissenschaften
Abstract The short-sighted selection hypothesis for parasite virulence predicts that winners of within-host...
2008
Adult honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) abandon hemocytic, but not phenoloxidase-based immunity
Schmid, Martin R., Brockmann, Axel, Pirk, Christian W. W., Stanley, David W. et al.
Journal of Insect Physiology
Hemocytes and the (prophenol-) phenoloxidase system constitute the immediate innate immune system in insects. These components of...
2008
Ceratocystis neglecta sp. nov., infecting Eucalyptus trees in Colombia
Rodas C.A, Roux J., van Wyk, M., Wingfield, B.D et al.
Fungal Diversity
Feb 2008
A Fisk-Parker hybrid heliospheric magnetic field with a solar-cycle dependence
Burger, R.A., Krüger, T.P.J., Hitge, M., Engelbrecht, N.E.
Astrophysical Journal
Mar 2008
First Report of Raceme Blight Caused by Cladosporium cladosporioides on Macadamia Nuts in South Africa
van den Berg N, Serfontein S, Christie B, Munro C
Plant Disease
In September of 2005 and 2006, macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia Maiden & Betche) orchards in Tzaneen, Modjadji, Politsi, and...
Nov 2008
Elicitor and Fusarium-induced expression of NPR1-like genes in banana
Endah R, Beyene G, Kiggundu A, van den Berg N et al.
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
The non-expressor of pathogenesis-related genes 1 (NPR1) is an essential positive regulator of salicylic acid (SA)-induced...