All Stories

  1. Revisiting the role of dissimilarity of host communities in driving dissimilarity of ectoparasite assemblages: non-linear vs linear approach

    Article • Parasitology, May 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Luther L van der Mescht

  2. Beta-diversity of ectoparasites at two spatial scales: nested hierarchy, geography and habitat type

    Article • Oecologia, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luther L van der Mescht

  3. Parasite performance and host alternation: is there a negative effect in host-specific and host-opportunistic parasites?

    Article • Parasitology, March 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Luther L van der Mescht

  4. Effects of parasitism on host reproductive investment in a rodent–flea system: host litter size matters

    Article • Parasitology Research, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luther L van der Mescht

  5. Community structure of fleas within and among populations of three closely related rodent hosts: nestedness and beta-diversity

    Article • Parasitology, May 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Luther L van der Mescht

  6. The influence of life history characteristics on flea (Siphonaptera) species distribution models

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luther L van der Mescht

  7. A genetic perspective on the taxonomy and evolution of the medically important flea,Dinopsyllus ellobius(Siphonaptera: Dinopsyllinae), and the resurrection ofDinopsyllus abaris

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, July 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Luther L van der Mescht

  8. Comparative phylogeography between two generalist flea species reveal a complex interaction between parasite life history and host vicariance: parasite-host association matters

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luther L van der Mescht

  9. Life history strategy influences parasite responses to habitat fragmentation

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Luther L van der Mescht

  10. Ectoparasites of a Non-Indigenous Warthog Population,Phacochoerus africanus, in the Free State Province, South Africa

    Article • African Zoology, October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Luther L van der Mescht, Monlee Rudman

  11. Ectoparasites of a non-indigenous warthog population,Phacochoerus africanus, in the Free State Province, South Africa

    Article • African Zoology, October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Luther L van der Mescht

  12. Remnant fragments within an agricultural matrix enhance conditions for a rodent host and its fleas

    Article • Parasitology, October 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Luther L van der Mescht

  13. Flea diversity on small carnivores in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa

    Article • African Zoology, April 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Luther L van der Mescht

  14. Flea Diversity on Small Carnivores in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa

    Article • African Zoology, April 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Luther L van der Mescht

  15. Ectoparasite Diversity on Rodents at De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province

    Article • African Zoology, October 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Luther L van der Mescht