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  1. Single-threshold–guided adaptive cancer therapy with partial-cycle treatment: A mechanistic and reinforcement learning analysis

    Article • PLoS Computational Biology, June 2026, PLOS

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  2. Identification to cytospecies of the vector of onchocerciasis in the Republic of Niger

    Article • Acta Tropica, August 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  3. Hormesis and hydra effects revealed by intraspecific overcompensation models and dose–response curves

    Article • Journal of The Royal Society Interface, April 2025, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  4. Managing spatio-temporal heterogeneity of susceptibles by embedding it into an homogeneous model: A mechanistic and deep learning study

    Article • PLoS Computational Biology, September 2024, PLOS

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  5. Short- and Long-Range Dispersal by Members of the Simulium damnosum Complex (Diptera: Simuliidae), Vectors of Onchocerciasis: A Review

    Article • Insects, August 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  6. A stochastic hormesis Ricker model and its application to multiple fields

    Article • Chaos Solitons & Fractals, August 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  7. An update on the ecology, seasonality and distribution of Culex modestus in England

    Article • Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association, April 2024, De Gruyter

    Dr Benjamin Cull, Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  8. Modelling optimal control of air pollution to reduce respiratory diseases

    Article • Applied Mathematics and Computation, December 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  9. Threshold dynamics of an age-structured infectious disease model with limited medical resources

    Article • Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, December 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  10. Modelling and bifurcation analysis of spatiotemporal hormetic effects on pest control

    Article • Chaos Solitons & Fractals, December 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  11. Prediction of the next major outbreak of COVID-19 in Mainland China and a vaccination strategy for it

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, August 2023, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  12. Inferring a Causal Relationship between Environmental Factors and Respiratory Infections Using Convergent Cross-Mapping

    Article • Entropy, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  13. The relative importance of key meteorological factors affecting numbers of mosquito vectors of dengue fever

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, April 2023, PLOS

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  14. A field investigation of short-range dispersal by female Simulium damnosum s.l.

    Article • Acta Tropica, April 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  15. dynamicSDM: An R package for species geographical distribution and abundance modelling at high spatiotemporal resolution

    Article • Methods in Ecology and Evolution, March 2023, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  16. Stationary distribution and persistence of a stochastic mathematical model for prostate cancer with pulsed therapy

    Article • Applied Mathematical Modelling, February 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  17. Bean Leaf Beetle (Ootheca spp.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Management via Planting Timing and Insecticides

    Article • Insects, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  18. Distribution and Relative Abundance of Bean Leaf Beetles (Ootheca spp.) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Uganda

    Article • Insects, November 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  19. A Universal Delayed Difference Model Fitting Dose-response Curves

    Article • Dose-Response, October 2021, SAGE Publications

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  20. Ecological characteristics of pre-imaginal stages of blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in southern England

    Article • Aquatic Insects, September 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  21. Threshold dynamics of a stochastic model of intermittent androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer

    Article • Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, September 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  22. Micro-CT visualization of a promastigote secretory gel (PSG) and parasite plug in the digestive tract of the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis infected with Leishmania mexicana

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, August 2021, PLOS

    Dr Martin J. R. Hall, Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  23. Mosquito Magnet® traps as a potential means of monitoring blackflies of medical and veterinary importance

    Article • Medical and Veterinary Entomology, May 2021, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  24. Effects of medical resource capacities and intensities of public mitigation measures on outcomes of COVID-19 outbreaks

    Article • BMC Public Health, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  25. Micro‐CT imaging of Onchocerca infection of Simulium damnosum s.l . blackflies and comparison of the peritrophic membrane thickness of forest and savannah flies

    Article • Medical and Veterinary Entomology, January 2021, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  26. Birds prefer to eat female desert locusts after treatment with fungus Metarhizium acridum

    Article • PLOS One, January 2021, PLOS

    Wim C. Mullié, Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  27. Quantifying competitive advantages of mutant strains in a population involving importation and mass vaccination rollout

    Article • Infectious Disease Modelling, January 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  28. Evidence for a Causal Relationship between the Solar Cycle and Locust Abundance

    Article • Agronomy, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  29. Impact of Hospital Bed Shortages on the Containment of COVID-19 in Wuhan

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, November 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  30. A Holling Type II Discrete Switching Host-Parasitoid System with a Nonlinear Threshold Policy for Integrated Pest Management

    Article • Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, June 2020, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  31. Coupling the Macroscale to the Microscale in a Spatiotemporal Context to Examine Effects of Spatial Diffusion on Disease Transmission

    Article • The Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  32. Nesting by dark-bibbed female Beautiful Long-tailed Sunbirds Cinnyris pulchellus and occurrence of dark bibs in both sexes of Beautiful Long-tailed and Gorgeous Sunbirds C. melanogastrus

    Article • Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club, December 2019, British Ornithologists' Club

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  33. A general model of hormesis in biological systems and its application to pest management

    Article • Journal of The Royal Society Interface, August 2019, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  34. Thresholds for extinction and proliferation in a stochastic tumour-immune model with pulsed comprehensive therapy

    Article • Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, July 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  35. Complex Dynamics of an Impulsive Chemostat Model

    Article • International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, July 2019, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  36. Modelling effects of a chemotherapeutic dose response on a stochastic tumour-immune model

    Article • Chaos Solitons & Fractals, June 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  37. Optimal threshold density in a stochastic resource management model with pulse intervention

    Article • Natural Resource Modeling, May 2019, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  38. Threshold Dynamics and Bifurcation of a State-Dependent Feedback Nonlinear Control Susceptible–Infected–Recovered Model1

    Article • Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, April 2019, ASME International

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  39. A review of alternatives to fenthion for quelea bird control

    Article • Crop Protection, February 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  40. A combination of climatic conditions determines major within-season dengue outbreaks in Guangdong Province, China

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  41. DYNAMIC COMPLEXITY OF A PREDATOR-PREY MODEL FOR IPM WITH NONLINEAR IMPULSIVE CONTROL INCORPORATING A REGULATORY FACTOR FOR PREDATOR RELEASES

    Article • Mathematical Modelling and Analysis, January 2019, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  42. Stochastic Modelling of Air Pollution Impacts on Respiratory Infection Risk

    Article • The Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  43. Nonlinear state-dependent feedback control of a pest-natural enemy system

    Article • Nonlinear Dynamics, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  44. New pests for old as GMOs bring on substitute pests

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2018, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  45. Modelling the impact of larviciding on the population dynamics and biting rates of Simulium damnosum (s.l.): implications for vector control as a complementary strategy for onchocerciasis elimination in Africa

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke, Professor Maria-Gloria Basáñez

  46. Models to assess the effects of non-identical sex ratio augmentations of Wolbachia -carrying mosquitoes on the control of dengue disease

    Article • Mathematical Biosciences, May 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  47. A discrete host-parasitoid model with development of pesticide resistance and IPM strategies

    Article • Journal of Biological Dynamics, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke, Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  48. Cumulative effects of incorrect use of pesticides can lead to catastrophic outbreaks of pests

    Article • Chaos Solitons & Fractals, July 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  49. The Genomic Architecture of Novel Simulium damnosum Wolbachia Prophage Sequence Elements and Implications for Onchocerciasis Epidemiology

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, May 2017, Frontiers

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke, Professor Maria-Gloria Basáñez

  50. Ecological characteristics of Simulium breeding sites in West Africa

    Article • Acta Tropica, March 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  51. Factors affecting onchocerciasis transmission: lessons for infection control

    Article • Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, February 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  52. Modelling the effects of contaminated environments in mainland China on seasonal HFMD infections and the potential benefit of a pulse vaccination strategy

    Article • Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - B, January 2017, American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  53. A Locust Phase Change Model with Multiple Switching States and Random Perturbation

    Article • International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, December 2016, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  54. A stage structured mosquito model incorporating effects of precipitation and daily temperature fluctuations

    Article • Journal of Theoretical Biology, December 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  55. Analyses of density-dependent effects are needed to understand how and when Wolbachia can control dengue vectors

    Article • BMC Biology, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  56. A threshold policy to interrupt transmission of West Nile Virus to birds

    Article • Applied Mathematical Modelling, October 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  57. Modeling the Effects of Augmentation Strategies on the Control of Dengue Fever With an Impulsive Differential Equation

    Article • The Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  58. Onchocerciasis transmission in Ghana: the human blood index of sibling species of the Simulium damnosum complex

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

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke, Professor Maria-Gloria Basáñez

  59. The regulatory system for diabetes mellitus: Modeling rates of glucose infusions and insulin injections

    Article • Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, August 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  60. Beverton–Holt discrete pest management models with pulsed chemical control and evolution of pesticide resistance

    Article • Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, July 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  61. Pure Bt-crop and mixed seed sowing strategies for optimal economic profit in the face of pest resistance to pesticides and Bt-corn

    Article • Applied Mathematics and Computation, June 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  62. Does Increasing Treatment Frequency Address Suboptimal Responses to Ivermectin for the Control and Elimination of River Blindness?

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, March 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke, Professor Maria-Gloria Basáñez

  63. A Feedback Control Model of Comprehensive Therapy for Treating Immunogenic Tumours

    Article • International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, March 2016, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  64. Modelling the effects of contaminated environments on HFMD infections in mainland China

    Article • Biosystems, February 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  65. Model-Based Geostatistical Mapping of the Prevalence of Onchocerca volvulus in West Africa

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, January 2016, PLOS

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke, Professor Maria-Gloria Basáñez

  66. Models to assess how best to replace dengue virus vectors with Wolbachia-infected mosquito populations

    Article • Mathematical Biosciences, November 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  67. Inverse density dependence of parity rates in the onchocerciasis vectorSimulium damnosum s.l.

    Article • Medical and Veterinary Entomology, October 2015, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  68. Global dynamics of a state-dependent feedback control system

    Article • Advances in Difference Equations, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  69. Incorporating prey refuge into a predator–prey system with imprecise parameter estimates

    Article • Computational and Applied Mathematics, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  70. Models of impulsive culling of mosquitoes to interrupt transmission of West Nile virus to birds

    Article • Applied Mathematical Modelling, July 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  71. Duality in Phase Space and Complex Dynamics of an Integrated Pest Management Network Model

    Article • International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, July 2015, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  72. Piecewise virus-immune dynamic model with HIV-1 RNA-guided therapy

    Article • Journal of Theoretical Biology, July 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  73. Modelling the regulatory system for diabetes mellitus with a threshold window

    Article • Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, May 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  74. Onchocerciasis Transmission in Ghana: Persistence under Different Control Strategies and the Role of the Simuliid Vectors

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, April 2015, PLOS

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke, Professor Maria-Gloria Basáñez

  75. Birth-pulse models of Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility in mosquitoes for dengue virus control

    Article • Nonlinear Analysis Real World Applications, April 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  76. Modelling pulsed immunotherapy of tumour–immune interaction

    Article • Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, March 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  77. Potential effects of warmer worms and vectors on onchocerciasis transmission in West Africa

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, February 2015, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke, Professor Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  78. Models for determining how many natural enemies to release inoculatively in combinations of biological and chemical control with pesticide resistance

    Article • Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, February 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  79. Enhanced West Nile virus surveillance in the North Kent marshes, UK

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  80. Onchocerciasis transmission in Ghana: biting and parous rates of host-seeking sibling species of the Simulium damnosum complex

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  81. Potential vector for West Nile virus prevalent in Kent

    Article • Veterinary Record, September 2014, BMJ

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  82. Global dynamics of a piece-wise epidemic model with switching vaccination strategy

    Article • Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - B, September 2014, American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  83. Existence and global asymptotic stability of positive almost periodic solutions of a two-species competitive system

    Article • International Journal of Biomathematics, July 2014, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  84. Soil moisture assessments for brown locustLocustana pardalinabreeding potential using synthetic aperture radar

    Article • Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, March 2014, SPIE

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  85. Defining the key wintering habitats in the Sahel for declining African-Eurasian migrants using expert assessment

    Article • Bird Conservation International, February 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  86. Alternative approaches to Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea management: mass-capture for food

    Article • Ostrich, January 2014, Informa UK Limited

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  87. Onchocerciasis transmission in Ghana: biting and parous rates of host-seeking sibling species of the Simulium damnosum complex

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  88. Conservation Concern for the Deteriorating Geographical Range of the Grey Parrot in Cameroon

    Article • International Journal of Ecology, January 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  89. The Effects of Resource Limitation on a Predator-Prey Model with Control Measures as Nonlinear Pulses

    Article • Mathematical Problems in Engineering, January 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  90. Global analysis of a Holling type II predator–prey model with a constant prey refuge

    Article • Nonlinear Dynamics, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  91. Global stability and sliding bifurcations of a non-smooth Gause predator–prey system

    Article • Applied Mathematics and Computation, November 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  92. Analytical methods for detecting pesticide switches with evolution of pesticide resistance

    Article • Mathematical Biosciences, October 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  93. Predator-prey population models of migrant insects with phase change

    Article • ICES Journal of Marine Science, September 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  94. Adaptive Release of Natural Enemies in a Pest-Natural Enemy System with Pesticide Resistance

    Article • The Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics, August 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  95. Stability and change in the distribution of cytospecies of the Simulium damnosum complex (Diptera: Simuliidae) in southern Ghana from 1971 to 2011

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  96. Nonlinear Pulse Vaccination in an SIR Epidemic Model with Resource Limitation

    Article • Abstract and Applied Analysis, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  97. Indices of onchocerciasis transmission by different members of the Simulium damnosum complex conflict with the paradigm of forest and savanna parasite strains

    Article • Acta Tropica, January 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  98. An integrated pest management model with delayed responses to pesticide applications and its threshold dynamics

    Article • Nonlinear Analysis Real World Applications, October 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  99. Sacred Natural Sites

    Article • June 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  100. Soil contamination and persistence of pollutants following organophosphate sprays and explosions to control red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea)

    Article • Pest Management Science, May 2012, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  101. Effects of the organophosphate fenthion for control of the red-billed quelea Quelea quelea on cholinesterase and haemoglobin concentrations in the blood of target and non-target birds

    Article • Ecotoxicology, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  102. Periodicity and stability in a single-species model governed by impulsive differential equation

    Article • Applied Mathematical Modelling, March 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  103. Campus quarantine (Fengxiao) for curbing emergent infectious diseases: Lessons from mitigating A/H1N1 in Xi'an, China

    Article • Journal of Theoretical Biology, February 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  104. Sliding Bifurcations of Filippov Two Stage Pest Control Models with Economic Thresholds

    Article • SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, January 2012, Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  105. Threshold conditions for integrated pest management models with pesticides that have residual effects

    Article • Journal of Mathematical Biology, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  106. The thermal constant of the onchocerciasis vector Simulium damnosum s.l. in West Africa

    Article • Medical and Veterinary Entomology, October 2011, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  107. British Ornithologists’ Union Union medal

    Article • Ibis, March 2011, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  108. Desert locust populations, rainfall and climate change: insights from phenomenological models using gridded monthly data

    Article • Climate Research, November 2010, Inter-Research Science Center

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  109. Evolution, epidemiology, and population genetics of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae)

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, October 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  110. Coexistence and partial extinction in a delay competitive system subject to impulsive harvesting and stocking

    Article • IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics, June 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  111. Optimum timing for integrated pest management: Modelling rates of pesticide application and natural enemy releases

    Article • Journal of Theoretical Biology, May 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  112. Dynamical analysis of plant disease models with cultural control strategies and economic thresholds

    Article • Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, January 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  113. The elimination of the onchocerciasis vector from the island of Bioko as a result of larviciding by the WHO African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control

    Article • Acta Tropica, September 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  114. Health and environmental impacts of pesticide use practices: a case study of farmers in Ekiti State, Nigeria

    Article • International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, August 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke, Oluwafemi Oluwole

  115. Effects of Predator and Prey Dispersal on Success or Failure of Biological Control

    Article • The Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics, June 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  116. Towards the Elimination of the Bioko Form ofSimulium Yahensefrom Bioko: Planning and Insecticide Trials

    Article • Acta Zoologica Lituanica, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  117. Induction of apoptosis in host cells: a survival mechanism for Leishmania parasites?

    Article • Parasitology, September 2008, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  118. Models for integrated pest control and their biological implications

    Article • Mathematical Biosciences, September 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  119. Elimination of the Djodji form of the blackfly Simulium sanctipauli sensu stricto as a result of larviciding by the WHO Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa

    Article • Medical and Veterinary Entomology, June 2008, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  120. A SURVEY OF BLOOD PARASITES OF BIRDS IN THE MASCARENE ISLANDS, INDIAN OCEAN: WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES AND TAXONOMIC DISCUSSION

    Article • Ibis, April 2008, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  121. TEMPERATURE RHYTHMS IN AFRICAN MONTANE SUNBIRDS

    Article • Ibis, April 2008, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  122. Multiple attractors of host–parasitoid models with integrated pest management strategies: Eradication, persistence and outbreak

    Article • Theoretical Population Biology, March 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  123. Variation in haematozoan parasitism at local and landscape levels in the red-billed quelea Quelea quelea

    Article • Journal of Avian Biology, November 2007, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  124. Variation in haematozoan parasitism at local and landscape levels in the red-billed quelea Quelea quelea

    Article • Journal of Avian Biology, November 2007, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  125. A preliminary analysis of the population genetics and molecular phylogenetics of Onchocerca volvulus (Nematoda: Filarioidea) using nuclear ribosomal second internal transcribed spacer sequences

    Article • Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, October 2007, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  126. ECOLOGY: Thinking Long Term

    Article • Science, October 2007, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  127. Flexibility in the timing of post-nuptial moult among Red-billed Queleas Quelea quelea in Botswana in relation to the timing of breeding

    Article • Ostrich, October 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  128. Forecasting suitable breeding conditions for the red-billed quelea Quelea quelea in southern Africa

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, March 2007, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  129. Migration, Patchiness, and Population Processes Illustrated by Two Migrant Pests

    Article • BioScience, February 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  130. Optimal impulsive harvesting on non-autonomous Beverton–Holt difference equations

    Article • Nonlinear Analysis, December 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  131. The Effect of Cicerfuran, an Arylbenzofuran fromCicer bijugum, and Related Benzofurans and Stilbenes onLeishmania aethiopica,L.tropicaandL.major

    Article • Planta Medica, August 2006, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  132. Corrigendum to “Can NDVI GAC imagery be used to monitor desert locust breeding areas?”

    Article • Journal of Arid Environments, May 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  133. The blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Bioko (Republic of Equatorial Guinea) and the Gulf of Guinea with a description of the larvae of the ‘Pomeroy’ form ofSimulium cervicornutum

    Article • Systematic Entomology, March 2006, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  134. Can NDVI GAC imagery be used to monitor desert locust breeding areas?

    Article • Journal of Arid Environments, January 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  135. Field and laboratory studies on water conditions affecting the potency of VectoBacR (Bacillus thuringiensis serotype H-14) against larvae of the blackfly, Simulium damnosum

    Article • Medical and Veterinary Entomology, December 2005, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  136. Integrated pest management models and their dynamical behaviour

    Article • The Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics, January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  137. State-dependent impulsive models of integrated pest management (IPM) strategies and their dynamic consequences

    Article • Journal of Mathematical Biology, October 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  138. A review of the impacts of control operations against the red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea) on non-target organisms

    Article • Environmental Conservation, June 2004, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  139. The effect of cicerfuran, related arylbenzofuransand stilbenes on Leishmania aethiopica, L. tropica, and L. major promastigotes

    Article • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, November 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  140. Armoured Bush Cricket attacks on nestling Red-billed Quelea (Quelea quelea)

    Article • Ostrich, June 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  141. Potential vectors of loiasis and other tabanids on the island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea

    Article • Medical and Veterinary Entomology, June 2003, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  142. Cytotaxonomy, morphology and molecular systematics of the Bioko form of Simulium yahense (Diptera: Simuliidae)

    Article • Bulletin of Entomological Research, April 2003, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  143. Lack of genetic and plumage differentiation in the red-billed quelea Quelea quelea across a migratory divide in southern Africa

    Article • Molecular Ecology, February 2003, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  144. Completion of the sequence of the nuclear ribosomal DNA subunit of Simulium sanctipauli, with descriptions of the 18S, 28S genes and the IGS

    Article • Medical and Veterinary Entomology, December 2002, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  145. Assessment of rDNA IGS as a molecular marker in the Simulium damnosum complex

    Article • Medical and Veterinary Entomology, December 2002, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  146. Deforestation and the spatio-temporal distribution of savannah and forest members of the Simulium damnosum complex in southern Ghana and south-western Togo

    Article • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, November 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  147. Are there two subspecies of Red-billed Quelea, Quelea quelea, in southern Africa?

    Article • Ostrich, March 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  148. Methods for ageing juvenile Red-billed Queleas, Queleo queleo, and their potential for the detection of juvenile dispersal patterns

    Article • Ostrich, March 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  149. Brown locust outbreaks and climate variability in southern Africa

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, February 2002, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  150. Erratum to “Characterisation of nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences from Onchocerca volvulus and Mansonella ozzardi (Nematoda: Filarioidea) and development of a PCR-based method for their detection in skin biopsies” [Int. J. Parasitol. 31 (2001) 169–177]

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, June 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  151. Characterisation of nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences from Onchocerca volvulus and Mansonella ozzardi (Nematoda: Filarioidea) and development of a PCR-based method for their detection in skin biopsies

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, February 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  152. Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  153. Behaviour of Standard-wing Nightjars in Togo

    Article • Ostrich, January 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  154. Distribution of the Simulium metallicum complex in Mexico in relation to selected environmental variables

    Article • Medical and Veterinary Entomology, June 1999, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  155. Distribution of the Simulium damnosum complex on Bioko island, Equatorial Guinea, and the potential for onchocerciasis elimination by vector eradication

    Article • Medical and Veterinary Entomology, August 1998, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  156. A model for evaluating interventions designed to reduce post-harvest fish losses

    Article • Fisheries Research, May 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  157. Birds in Europe: Their Conservation Status G. M. Tucker M. F. Heath

    Article • Ornithology, April 1997, JSTOR

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  158. The vector status of Simulium damnosum on the island of Bioko in Equatorial Guinea

    Article • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, March 1997, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  159. Models of desert locust phase changes

    Article • Ecological Modelling, November 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  160. Potential rates of Increase of solitarious and gregarious phases of the African armyworm Spodoptera exempta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

    Article • Ecological Entomology, November 1995, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  161. An evaluation of potential economic returns from the strategic control approach to the management of African armyworm Spodoptera exempta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) populations in eastern Africa

    Article • Crop Protection, March 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  162. Complex dynamics of desert locust plagues

    Article • Ecological Entomology, May 1993, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  163. Determining the ages of adult females of different members of the Simulium damnosum complex (Diptera: Simuliidae) by the pteridine accumulation method

    Article • Bulletin of Entomological Research, June 1992, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  164. Cytotaxonomic confirmation of two forms of Simulium sirbanum in the eastern part of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa

    Article • Medical and Veterinary Entomology, April 1992, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  165. Seasonal variation in onchocerciasis transmission by Simulium squamosum at perennial breeding sites in Togo

    Article • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, January 1992, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  166. A Migrant Pest in the Sahel: The Senegalese Grasshopper Oedaleus senegalensis [and Discussion]

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, June 1990, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  167. The WHO Onchocerciasis Control Programme: Retrospect and Prospects [and Discussion]

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, June 1990, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  168. Progress in Controlling the Reinvasion of Windborne Vectors into the Western Area of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa [and Discussion]

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, June 1990, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  169. Trials of compounds to enhance trap catches of Glossina palpalis palpalis in Liberia

    Article • Medical and Veterinary Entomology, April 1988, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  170. Differences in the male scutal patterns of putative Simulium sirbanum

    Article • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, July 1987, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  171. Experimental hybridization between members of the Simulium damnosum complex

    Article • Medical and Veterinary Entomology, April 1987, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  172. The Beffa form of Simulium soubrense of the S.damnosum complex in Togo and Benin

    Article • Medical and Veterinary Entomology, January 1987, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  173. Fecundities of different members of the Simulium damnosum species complex in Togo

    Article • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, January 1986, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  174. Winter Feeding Assemblies, Wing Lengths and Weights of British Dunnocks

    Article • January 1985, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  175. Tropical Rain Forest: Ecology and Management.

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, December 1984, JSTOR

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  176. Variation and distribution of forms ofSimulium soubrenseandS. sanctipauliin West Africa

    Article • Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, December 1983, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  177. Reinfestations of the Southeasterrn Flank of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme Area by Windborne Vectors [and Discussion]

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, August 1983, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  178. Psocoptera of the Togo-Benin Gap, West Africa

    Article • Journal of Natural History, June 1983, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  179. The fecundity ofSimulium damnosum s.l.in northern Togo and infections withOnchocercaspp.

    Article • Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, October 1982, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  180. An ecological study of the egg-pods ofOedaleus senegalensis(Krauss) (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

    Article • Journal of Natural History, June 1980, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  181. Theoretical rates of increase of gregarious and solitarious populations of the Desert Locust

    Article • Oecologia, January 1978, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  182. A quantitative study of the grooming behaviour of the mymarid wasp Alaptus fusculus

    Article • Physiological Entomology, March 1977, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  183. BLOOD PARASITES OF BRITISH BIRDS AND NOTES ON THEIR SEASONAL OCCURRENCE AT TWO RURAL SITES IN ENGLAND

    Article • Journal of Wildlife Diseases, April 1976, Wildlife Disease Association

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  184. Host Spatial Pattern, Parasitoid Interference and the Modelling of the Dynamics of Alaptus fusculus (Hym.: Mymaridae), a Parasitoid of Two Mesopsocus Species (Psocoptera)

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, October 1975, JSTOR

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  185. Experiments on the Effect of Host Spatial Distribution on the Numerical Response of Parasitoids

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, February 1974, JSTOR

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke

  186. Birds of the Cherangani Montane forests and their parasites

    Article • African Journal of Ecology, November 1972, Wiley

    Professor Robert Alexander Cheke