The behavioural ecology of parasites /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
• Subjects: Parasites > Behavior.; Host-parasite relationships.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Protozoan, Helminth, Mollusc and Arthropod Parasites of Animals, (New March 2000); Protozoan, Helminth and Arthropod Parasites of Humans, (New March 2000); Behaviour (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Pathogens, Parasites and Infectious Diseases (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Microbial Life Cycles, (New March 2000); Insects.; Animal behaviour.; Behaviour.; Entomopathogens.; Entomophilic nematodes.; Foraging.; Host parasite relationships.; Hosts.; Natural enemies.; Parasites.; Parasitism.; Pathogenesis.; Pathogens.; Plant pathogens.; Electronic books.
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This book addresses the behavioural adaptations of parasites across a broad range of taxa, including parasitoid wasps, entomopathogenic nematodes, seed-feeding insects and plant-parasitic nematodes. The chapters emphasize the fundamental principles of parasitism and address the diversity and sophist...

Table of Contents:

• Trematode Transmission Strategies / C. Combes, P. Bartoli and A. Théron
• Entomopathogenic Nematode Host-search Strategies / J.F. Campbell and E.E. Lewis
• Flexibility in Host-search and Patch-use Strategies of Insect Parasitoids / L.E.M. Vet, L. Hemerik, M.E. Visser and F.L. Wäckers
• Host Discrimination by Seed Parasites / F.J. Messina
• Soil and Plant Interactions' Impact on Plant-parasitic Nematode Host Finding and Recognition / A.F. Robinson
• Environmental Control of Nematode Life Cycles / M.E. Viney
• The Interactions between Larval Stage Parasitoids and Their Hosts / M.R. Strand
• Interspecific Interactions in Trematode Communities / K.D. Lafferty
• Niche Restriction and Mate Finding in Vertebrate Hosts / K. Rohde
• Parasite Sex Determination / R.E.L. Paul
• Interactions between Intestinal Nematodes and Vertebrate Hosts / M.V.K. Sukhdeo, S.C. Sukhdeo and A.D. Bansemir
• Parasite Manipulation of Host Behaviour / R. Poulin
• Parasite Manipulation of Vector Behaviour / J.G.C. Hamilton and H. Hurd
• Parasite Virulence / J.J. Schall
• The Behavioural Ecology of Social Parasitism in Ants / R.J. Stuart
• Parasite Behavioural Ecology in a Field of Diverse Perspectives / E.E. Lewis, J.F. Campbell and M.V.K. Sukhdeo.