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Micromammals and macroparasites : from evolutionary ecology to management
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- Creator
- S. Morand, B.R. Krasnov, R. Poulin (eds.)
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Tokyo ; New York : Springer, [2006]
- ©2006
- Physical Details
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- xv, 647 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9784431360247, 4431360247, 1280745908, 4431546928, 9786610745906, 4431360255
- OCLC
- ocm77059541, ocn209960553
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Ch. 1. Micromammals and macroparasites: Who is who and how they interact? -- Ch.2. Digenean trematodes -- Ch. 3. Cestodes of small mammals: Taxonomy and life cycles -- Ch.4. Nematodes -- Ch.5. Acanthocephalans -- Ch.6. Taxonomy, host associations, life cycles and vectorial importance of ticks parasitizing small mammals -- Ch.7. Mesostigmatid mites as parasites of small mammals: Systematics, ecology, and the evolution of parasitic associations -- Ch.8. Taxonomy, life cycles and the origin of parasitism in trombiculid mites -- Ch.9. Blood-sucking lice (Anoplura) of small mammals: True parasites -- Ch.10. Fleas: Permanent satellites of small mammals -- Ch.11. Bat flies - obligate ectoparasites of bats -- Ch.12. Patterns of macroparasite diversity in small mammals -- Ch.13. Patterns of host specificity in parasites exploiting small mammals -- Ch.14. Coevolution of macroparasites and their small mammalian hosts: Cophylogeny and coadaptation -- Ch.15. Comparative phylogeography: The use of parasites for insights into host history -- Ch.16. Insularity and micromammal-macroparasite relationships -- Ch.17. Models for host-macroparasite interactions in micromammals -- Ch.18. Transmission ecology and the structure of parasite communities -- Ch.19. Effect of macroparasites on the energy budget of small mammals -- Ch.20. Immunogenetics of micromammal-macroparasite interactions -- Ch.21. Interactions among immune, endocrine, and behavioural response to infection -- Ch.22. Behaviour, life history strategies and parasite infection in rodents -- Ch.23. Nematode zoonoses -- Ch.24. Rodents as definitive hosts of Schistosoma, with special reference to S. mansoni transmission -- Ch.25. Towards understanding the impacts of environmental variation on Echinococcus multilocularis transmission -- Ch. 26. Parasites and pest population management -- Ch. 27. Biological conservation and parasitism -- Ch.28. Global changes and the future of micromammal-macroparasite interactions
Subjects
- Mammals -- Parasites.
- Host-parasite relationships.
- Parasites.
Medical Subject Heading
- Mammals -- parasitology.
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