Luther van der Mescht

Life history strategy influences parasite responses to habitat fragmentation

Götz Froeschke, Luther van der Mescht, Mélodie A. McGeoch et al. · International Journal for Parasitology · 2013 · 56 citations

Evolutionary Biology, Life History Strategy, Population Ecology +2

Range expansion of the economically important Asiatic blue tick, <i>Rhipicephalus microplus</i>, in South Africa

Nkululeko Nyangiwe, Ivan G. Horak, Luther van der Mescht et al. · Journal of the South African Veterinary Association · 2017 · 32 citations · Full text

Engineering, Entomology, Vector-borne Pathogen +18

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

Luther van der Mescht, Sonja Matthee, Conrad A. Matthee · BMC Evolutionary Biology · 2015 · 28 citations · Full text

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 three spatial scales

Luther van der Mescht, Elizabeth M. Warburton, Irina S. Khokhlova et al. · International Journal for Parasitology · 2018 · 26 citations

Biology, Parasitic Disease, Parasite Abundance +11

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

Luther van der Mescht, Peter C. le Roux, Conrad A. Matthee et al. · Parasites & Vectors · 2016 · 24 citations · Full text