Mecklina Mbundi
Research title: Dung beetle communities in the Serengeti ecosystem: long-term changes, land use effects, and impacts on gastrointestinal parasite dynamics via dung removal and burial
Publications
2026
Mbundi, Mecklina Michael 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4265-9896, Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Hempson, Gareth P., Donaldson, Jason E. and Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402
(2026)
How does dung burial by coprophagous beetles modify the emergence of infectious strongyle nematode larvae? An experimental test across different soil depths.
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 30,
101253.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2026.101253)
Articles
Mbundi, Mecklina Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4265-9896, Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Hempson, Gareth P., Donaldson, Jason E. and Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402
(2026)
How does dung burial by coprophagous beetles modify the emergence of infectious strongyle nematode larvae? An experimental test across different soil depths.
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 30,
101253.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2026.101253)