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Author: Robert Poulin
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Published: 2014-05-27
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1935623494
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis comprehensive, groundbreaking book on the biodiversity of parasites offers a clear and accessible explanation of how parasite biodiversity provides insight into the history and biogeography of other organisms, the structure of ecosystems, and the processes that lead to the diversification of life.
Author: Robert Poulin
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Published: 2005-01-17
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1588341704
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis comprehensive, groundbreaking book on the biodiversity of parasites offers a clear and accessible explanation of how parasite biodiversity provides insight into the history and biogeography of other organisms, the structure of ecosystems, and the processes that lead to the diversification of life.
Author: Albert O. Bush
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001-03-22
Total Pages: 580
ISBN-13: 9780521664479
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplains parasite biology as a branch of ecology - essential reading for zoology and ecology students.
Author: Serge Morand
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-02-26
Total Pages: 503
ISBN-13: 1107037654
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy joining phylogenetics and evolutionary ecology, this book explores the patterns of parasite diversity while revealing diversification processes.
Author: Otso Ovaskainen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-06-11
Total Pages: 389
ISBN-13: 1108492460
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive account of joint species distribution modelling, covering statistical analyses in light of modern community ecology theory.
Author: Melanie J. Hatcher
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011-06-16
Total Pages: 463
ISBN-13: 1139496980
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInteractions between competitors, predators and their prey have traditionally been viewed as the foundation of community structure. Parasites – long ignored in community ecology – are now recognized as playing an important part in influencing species interactions and consequently affecting ecosystem function. Parasitism can interact with other ecological drivers, resulting in both detrimental and beneficial effects on biodiversity and ecosystem health. Species interactions involving parasites are also key to understanding many biological invasions and emerging infectious diseases. This book bridges the gap between community ecology and epidemiology to create a wide-ranging examination of how parasites and pathogens affect all aspects of ecological communities, enabling the new generation of ecologists to include parasites as a key consideration in their studies. This comprehensive guide to a newly emerging field is of relevance to academics, practitioners and graduates in biodiversity, conservation and population management, and animal and human health.
Author: Robert Poulin
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2011-06-27
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 1400840805
DOWNLOAD EBOOKParasites 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 ecology, integrating information across scales from the features of individual parasites to the dynamics of parasite populations and the structuring of parasite communities. Evolutionary Ecology of Parasites presents an evolutionary framework for the study of parasite biology, combining theory with empirical examples for a broader understanding of why parasites are as they are and do what they do. An up-to-date synthesis of the field, the book is an ideal teaching tool for advanced courses on the subject. Pointing toward promising directions and setting a research agenda, it will also be an invaluable reference for researchers who seek to extend our knowledge of parasite ecology and evolution.
Author: Timothy M. Goater
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 515
ISBN-13: 0521190282
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSynthesizes the latest developments in the ecology and evolution of animal parasites for a new generation of parasitologists.
Author: Richard Dawkins
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2012-06-07
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 0191631655
DOWNLOAD EBOOKParasites that manipulate the behaviour of their hosts represent striking examples of adaptation by natural selection. This field of study is now moving beyond its descriptive phase and into more exciting areas where the processes and patterns of such dramatic adaptations can be better understood. This innovative text provides an up-to-date, authoritative, and challenging review of host manipulation by parasites that assesses the current state of developments in the field and lays out a framework for future research. It also promotes a greater integration of behavioral ecology with studies of host manipulation (behavioral ecology has tended to concentrate mainly on behaviour expressed by free living organisms and is far less focused on the role of parasites in shaping behaviour). To help achieve this, the editors adopt a novel approach of having a prominent expert on behavioral ecology (but who does not work directly on parasites) to provide an afterword to each chapter.
Author: Vernon Everett Thatcher
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 510
ISBN-13: 9546422584
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