Parasites and pathogens : effects on host hormones and behavior /
This book draws together a description of how parasites and pathogens affect vertebrate and invertebrate behaviors. It describes the latest information about the mechanisms involved including hormonal influences, as well as the role of the nervous system in invoking such changes. Several internation...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Springer,
[1997]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book draws together a description of how parasites and pathogens affect vertebrate and invertebrate behaviors. It describes the latest information about the mechanisms involved including hormonal influences, as well as the role of the nervous system in invoking such changes. Several internationally recognized and well-established leaders in the fields of invertebrate and parasite endocrinology, vertebrate endocrinology, virology, and parasitology have contributed to this work. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published by Chapman & Hall in 1997. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1997."--title page verso. Includes index. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781461559832 (electronic bk.) 1461559839 (electronic bk.) |