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Accepted manuscript

Parasites of a keystone megaherbivore: insights into trematode life cycles and biological invasions in the Greater Kruger ecosystem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 July 2026

Ruben Schols ,
Zamantungwa Thobeka Happiness Mnisi ,
Kalle Lambaerts ,
Luc Brendonck ,
Tine Huyse ,
Francois Roux ,
Jeanette Wentzel  and
Wilmien Luus-Powell
Ruben Schols
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Aquatic Biology, Microbiome EcoEvo unit, KU Leuven Kulak, E. Sabbelaan 53, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium Department of Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, Sonneggstrasse 33, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Zamantungwa Thobeka Happiness Mnisi
Affiliation:
DSTI-NRF SARChI Chair (Ecosystem Health), Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, Private Bag X1106, Sovenga, 0727, South Africa
Kalle Lambaerts
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Global Change and Sustainable Development, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Luc Brendonck
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Global Change and Sustainable Development, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Water Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences, and Management, North-West University, Private Bag X6001, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
Tine Huyse
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium
Francois Roux
Affiliation:
Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency, Lydenburg, Mpumalanga Province, 1120, South Africa
Jeanette Wentzel
Affiliation:
University of Pretoria, Department of wildlife studies, Faculty of Veterinary Studies, Onderstepoort, Gauteng, South Africa
Wilmien Luus-Powell*
Affiliation:
DSTI-NRF SARChI Chair (Ecosystem Health), Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, Private Bag X1106, Sovenga, 0727, South Africa
*
Corresponding author: Wilmien Luus-Powell, Email: wilmien.powell@ul.ac.za
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Parasitology , Accepted manuscript , pp. 1 - 37
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