Life history strategy influences parasite responses to habitat fragmentation G Froeschke, L van der Mescht, M McGeoch, S Matthee International Journal for Parasitology 43 (14), 1109-1118, 2013 | 64 | 2013 |
Comparative phylogeography between two generalist flea species reveal a complex interaction between parasite life history and host vicariance: parasite-host association matters L Van der Mescht, S Matthee, CA Matthee BMC Evolutionary Biology 15, 1-15, 2015 | 36 | 2015 |
Range expansion of the economically important Asiatic blue tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, in South Africa N Nyangiwe, IG Horak, L Van der Mescht, S Matthee Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 88 (1), 1-7, 2017 | 31 | 2017 |
Biogeography of parasite abundance: latitudinal gradient and distance decay of similarity in the abundance of fleas and mites, parasitic on small mammals in the Palearctic, at … L van der Mescht, EM Warburton, IS Khokhlova, M Stanko, MV Vinarski, ... International journal for Parasitology 48 (11), 857-866, 2018 | 26 | 2018 |
Remnant fragments within an agricultural matrix enhance conditions for a rodent host and its fleas L Van der Mescht, PC Le Roux, S Matthee Parasitology 140 (3), 368-377, 2013 | 25 | 2013 |
New taxonomic and evolutionary insights relevant to the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis: A geographic perspective L Van der Mescht, S Matthee, CA Matthee Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 155, 106990, 2021 | 24 | 2021 |
Mathematics of a model for Zika transmission dynamics YA Terefe, H Gaff, M Kamga, L van der Mescht Theory in Biosciences 137, 209-218, 2018 | 22 | 2018 |
Ectoparasite diversity on rodents at De hoop nature reserve, western cape province S Matthee, IG Horak, L Van der Mescht, EA Ueckermann, FGT Radloff African Zoology 45 (2), 213-224, 2010 | 22 | 2010 |
The influence of life history characteristics on flea (Siphonaptera) species distribution models L Van der Mescht, PC Le Roux, CA Matthee, MJ Raath, S Matthee Parasites & Vectors 9, 1-10, 2016 | 19 | 2016 |
Phylogenetic and compositional diversity are governed by different rules: a study of fleas parasitic on small mammals in four biogeographic realms BR Krasnov, GS Shenbrot, L van Der Mescht, EM Warburton, ... Ecography 42 (5), 1000-1011, 2019 | 18 | 2019 |
Species and site contributions to β-diversity in fleas parasitic on the Palearctic small mammals: ecology, geography and host species composition matter the most BR Krasnov, GI Shenbrot, EM Warburton, L Van Der Mescht, EN Surkova, ... Parasitology 146 (5), 653-661, 2019 | 16 | 2019 |
Drivers of compositional turnover are related to species’ commonness in flea assemblages from four biogeographic realms: zeta diversity and multi-site generalised dissimilarity … BR Krasnov, GI Shenbrot, L van Der Mescht, IS Khokhlova International journal for parasitology 50 (4), 331-344, 2020 | 15 | 2020 |
Body size and ecological traits in fleas parasitic on small mammals in the Palearctic: larger species attain higher abundance EN Surkova, EM Warburton, L van der Mescht, IS Khokhlova, BR Krasnov Oecologia 188, 559-569, 2018 | 15 | 2018 |
Body size distribution in flea communities harboured by Siberian small mammals as affected by host species, host sex and scale: scale matters the most EN Surkova, NP Korallo-Vinarskaya, MV Vinarski, L van der Mescht, ... Evolutionary Ecology 32, 643-662, 2018 | 14 | 2018 |
The diversity and distribution of chigger mites associated with rodents in the South African savanna S Matthee, AA Stekolnikov, L van Der Mescht, G Froeschke, S Morand Parasitology 147 (9), 1038-1047, 2020 | 13 | 2020 |
Sexual size dimorphism and sex ratio in arthropod ectoparasites: contrasting patterns at different hierarchical scales EN Surkova, NP Korallo-Vinarskaya, MV Vinarski, M Stanko, ... International journal for parasitology 48 (12), 969-978, 2018 | 12 | 2018 |
Host range and distribution of small mammal fleas in S outh A frica, with a focus on species of medical and veterinary importance L Van der Mescht, S Matthee Medical and Veterinary Entomology 31 (4), 402-413, 2017 | 12 | 2017 |
Community structure of fleas within and among populations of three closely related rodent hosts: nestedness and beta-diversity L Van Der Mescht, BR Krasnov, CA Matthee, S Matthee Parasitology 143 (10), 1268-1278, 2016 | 10 | 2016 |
Do the pattern and strength of species associations in ectoparasite communities conform to biogeographic rules? BR Krasnov, GI Shenbrot, NP Korallo-Vinarskaya, MV Vinarski, ... Parasitology research 118, 1113-1125, 2019 | 9 | 2019 |
The latitudinal, but not the longitudinal, geographic range positions of haematophagous ectoparasites demonstrate historical signatures BR Krasnov, GI Shenbrot, L van der Mescht, EM Warburton, IS Khokhlova International journal for parasitology 48 (9-10), 743-749, 2018 | 8 | 2018 |