Parasitism : the diversity and ecology of animal parasites /
Reflecting the enormous advances made in the field over the past ten years, this text synthesizes the latest developments in the ecology and evolution of animal parasites against a backdrop of parallel advances in parasite systematics, biodiversity and life cycles. This second edition has been thoro...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- List of boxes
- Foreword / John C. Holmes
- Immunological aspects of parasitism
- Protista : the unicellular eukaryotes
- Microsporida : the intracellular fungi
- Myxozoa : the spore-forming cnidarians
- Platyhelminthes : the flatworms
- Acanthocephala : the thorny-headed worms
- Nematoda : the roundworms
- Nematomorpha : the horsehair worms
- Pentastomida : the tongue worms
- Arthropoda : the joint-legged animals
- Parasite population ecology
- Parasite community ecology
- Parasite biogeography and phylogeography
- Effects of parasites on their hosts : from individuals to ecosystems
- Evolution of host-parasite interactions
- Environmental parasitology : parasites as bioindicators of ecosystem health
- Glossary.