| Description |
1 online resource (343 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface; 1: Introduction; 2: Origins of Parasitism and Complex Life Cycles; 3: Host Specificity; 4: Evolution of Parasite Life-History Strategies; 5: Strategies of Host Exploitation; 6: Parasite Aggregation: Causes and Consequences; 7: Parasite Population Dynamics and Genetics; 8: Interactions between Species and the Parasite Niche; 9: Parasite Infracommunity Structure; 10: Component Communities and Parasite Faunas; 11 Conclusion; References; Index |
| Summary |
Parasites have evolved independently in numerous animal lineages, and they now make up a considerable proportion of the biodiversity of life. Not only do they impact humans and other animals in fundamental ways, but in recent years they have become a powerful model system for the study of ecology and evolution, with practical applications in disease prevention. Here, in a thoroughly revised and updated edition of his influential earlier work, Robert Poulin provides an evolutionary ecologist's view of the biology of parasites. He sets forth a comprehensive synthesis of parasite evolutionary eco |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Parasites.
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Parasites -- Ecology
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Parasites -- Evolution.
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Parasites.
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Parasites -- Ecology.
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Parasites -- Evolution.
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Zoology.
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Health & Biological Sciences.
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Animal Behavior.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400840809 |
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1400840805 |
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1283133458 |
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9781283133456 |
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