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Archer, Elizabeth K.; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Faulkes, Christopher G.; Lutermann, Heike (Springer, 2016-02)Due to the density-dependent nature of parasite transmission parasites are generally assumed to constrain the evolution of sociality. However, evidence for a correlation between group size and parasite burden is equivocal, ...
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Archer, Elizabeth K.; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Junker, Kerstin; Faulkes, Christopher G.; Lutermann, Heike (American Society of Parasitologists, 2017)The spread of parasites through a host population is based on the variation in behavior and immune function between individuals and is rarely uniform. We studied the gastrointestinal parasites of common mole-rats (Cryptomys ...
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Archer, Elizabeth K.; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Ueckermann, Edward A.; Lutermann, Heike (Allen Press, 2014-02)The members of the African mole-rat family Bathyergidae are widely distributed across sub-Saharan Africa. Despite their well-studied biology and reproductive physiology, the current knowledge of their ectoparasite fauna ...
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Fagir, Dina M.; Horak, Ivan Gerard; Ueckermann, Edward A.; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Lutermann, Heike (Taylor and Francis and NISC (Pty) Ltd, 2015-04)Globally small mammals are important hosts of ectoparasite vectors of pathogens of medical, veterinary and economic importance. Insectivores are currently understudied as hosts of pathogen vectors. However, data are needed ...
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Makhanthisa, Takalani Irene; Braack, L.E.O.; Lutermann, Heike (BMC, 2021-07)BACKGROUND: Malaria control primarily depends on two vector control strategies: indoor residual spraying (IRS) and long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs). Both IRS and LLIN target indoor-biting mosquitoes. However, ...
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Lutermann, Heike; Medger, Katarina; Horak, Ivan Gerard (Springer, 2012-02)The distribution of parasites is often characterised by substantial aggregation with a small proportion of hosts harbouring the majority of parasites. This pattern can be generated by abiotic and biotic factors that affect ...
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Radespiel, Ute; Lutermann, Heike; Schmelting, Barthel; Zimmermann, Elke (Wiley, 2019-12)The generation time of organisms drives the rate of change in populations and across evolutionary times. In long‐lived species, generation time should also account for overlapping generations, and the average age of parents ...
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Lutermann, Heike; Medger, Katarina; Junker, Kerstin (American Society of Parasitologists, 2015-12)The endoparasite fauna of the eastern rock sengi (Elephantulus myurus Thomas and Schwann) was studied for the first time for any sengi species from September 2007 until August 2008 in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. ...
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Lutermann, Heike; Medger, Katarina; Junker, Kerstin (Allen Press, 2014-02)The endoparasite fauna of the spiny mouse (Acomys spinosissimus) was studied for the first time from April 2007 until April 2009 in a population from the Limpopo Province of South Africa. In a total of 129 mice examined, ...
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Lutermann, Heike; Haukisalmi, Voitto; Junker, Kerstin (American Society of Parasitologists, 2018-10)The endoparasite fauna of Ansell's mole-rat, Fukomys anselli (Burda, Zima, Scharff, Macholán and Kawalika) (Rodentia, Bathyergidae), was studied for the first time near Lusaka, Zambia. We recovered 7 endoparasite taxa ...
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Bumpy, M.M.; Williams, Mark C.; Steyl, Johan Christian Abraham; Lutermann, Heike; Fosgate, Geoffrey Theodore; De Waal, Pamela Jean; Mitha, Janishtha R.; Clift, Sarah Jane; Harrison-White, R. (BioMed Central, 2017-08-16)BACKGROUND : The pathology of spirocercosis, a disease caused by the infestation of carnivores with the nematode Spirocerca lupi, has been extensively described in domestic dogs and coyotes. However, it has not been ...
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Oosthuizen, Tasha; Lutermann, Heike (Elsevier, 2023-06)Individuals often exhibit differences in cognition and/or preferences for one side over the other. Such differences have been attributed to the mating system and lateralization of the brain hemispheres that can differ ...
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Viljoen, Hermien; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Lutermann, Heike (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011-11)Fever is part of an acute phase response that organisms launch to defend themselves against an invasion by microbial pathogens such as bacteria and viruses. The elevation of an individual’s body temperature necessary to ...
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Fagir, Dina M.; Ueckermann, Edward A.; Horak, Ivan Gerard; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Lutermann, Heike (BioMed Central, 2014-08)BACKGROUND : The role of endemic murid rodents as hosts of arthropod vectors of diseases of medical and veterinary significance is well established in the northern hemisphere. In contrast, endemic murids are comparative ...
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Medger, Katarina; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Lutermann, Heike; Ganswindt, Andre (Elsevier, 2018-09)Dominant females of cooperative breeding species often use aggression to suppress reproduction of subordinate females, resulting in subordinates experiencing stress-related increases in glucocorticoid levels, which may ...
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Oosthuizen, Tasha; Lutermann, Heike (Brill Academic Publishers, 2023-08)Rodents from the southern hemisphere are underrepresented in studies of animal personality. In the current study, we assessed personality in 22 wild-caught Namaqua rock mice (Micaelamys namaquensis), a species that is ...
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Eigenbrod, Ole; Debus, Karlien Y.; Reznick, Jane; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Sanchez-Carranza, Oscar; Omerbasic, Damir; Hart, Daniel William; Barker, Alison J.; Zhong, Wei; Lutermann, Heike; Katandukila, Jestina V.; Mgode, Georgies Frank; Park, Thomas J.; Lewin, Gary R. (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2019-05)Noxious substances, called algogens, cause pain and are used as defensive weapons by plants and stinging insects. We identified four previously unknown instances of algogen-insensitivity by screening eight African rodent ...
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Sarli, Joshua; Lutermann, Heike; Alagaili, Abdulaziz N.; Mohammed, Osama B.; Bennett, Nigel Charles (Elsevier, 2015-02)There is little information pertaining to the reproductive biology of the Baluchistan gerbil (Gerbillus nanus) despite a broad distribution throughout the Middle East. In the current study, body mass, reproductive–tract ...
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Lutermann, Heike; Young, Andrew J.; Bennett, Nigel Charles (Elsevier, 2013-06)Sexual selection acts on traits that increase reproductive success. Variation in reproductive success is often higher among males than females. Consequently, sexual selection has been studied extensively in males while its ...
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Medger, Katarina; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Prins, Andre; Lutermann, Heike; Ganswindt, Andre (Elsevier, 2020-07)Non-invasive methods for measuring glucocorticoids and their metabolites are frequently used in ecological, behavioural and physiological studies of mammals. Using faeces, urine and other matrices for such a measurement ...
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