Royal Museum for Central Africa

Invasive Pseudosuccinea columella enters the transmission cycle of an amphistome parasite infecting African buffalo

Abstract Parasite transmission and disease outcomes in African wildlife are increasingly shaped by anthropogenic environmental change, yet empirical data linking parasites, intermediate hosts and wildlife health remain scarce. Following an unexplained increase in mortality among...

Seasonal and landscape patterns of Fasciola infection in cryptically diverse Radix natalensis snails in the Lake Albert region, Uganda

Abstract Fasciolosis is a zoonotic foodborne trematode infection involving freshwater lymnaeid snail intermediate hosts and is highly prevalent among livestock in Uganda’s Lake Albert region. However, xenomonitoring data remain limited, particularly regarding cryptic Radix divers...

Imaging and modeling crater floor subsidence at Nyiragongo Volcano, DRC

Abstract Localized crater deformation can shed insight into shallow magma processes and eruption hazards. To study localized crater deformation at Nyiragongo volcano (Democratic Republic of Congo), we processed Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) time series using RA...

Declines in European bumblebee habitat suitability attributable to climate change

Climate change is increasingly implicated in the decline of insect pollinator populations, which provide critical ecosystem services. Isolating its contribution from other co-occurring environmental stresses remains challenging yet crucial for informing conservation strategies an...

Altitude-mediated niche partitioning between Dacus bivittatus and Dacus punctatifrons along an elevational transect in the Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania

Abstract Understanding how fruit fly species partition resources along environmental gradients is important for predicting pest pressure under changing climatic conditions. The population ecology of Dacus bivittatus (Bigot) and Dacus punctatifrons (Karsch) (Diptera: Tephritidae)...

Contrasting patterns of trematode and host snail dispersal across clusters of tropical crater lakes

Abstract Background Comparing the genetic diversity and population structure of parasites and their hosts can improve understanding of their respective methods of dispersal, demographic histories, and factors driving genetic differentiation. In parasite taxa such as trematodes wh...