Parasitism and Host Behaviour

by C F Barnard (Editor)

Overview

Recent ideas and experimental studies suggest that the relationship between parasitism and host behaviour has been a powerful shaping force in the evolution not only of behaviour patterns themselves but, through them, of morphology and population and community dynamics. This book brings together recent work across the disciplines of parasitology an

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135478957
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	08/09/1990
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	346
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

C F Barnard

Table of Contents

Preface, Contributors, Chapter 1. Parasitic relationships, Chapter 2. Pathology and host behaviour, Chapter 3. Physiological alterations during parasitism and their effects on host behaviour, Chapter 4. Parasites and host decision-making, Chapter 5. Parasites and the evolution of host sexual behaviour, Chapter 6. Host behaviour and opportunism in parasite life cycles, Chapter 7. Phylogenetic perspective on the evolution of altered host behaviours: a critical look at the manipulation hypothesis, Appendix 1, Appendix 2, Chapter 8. Human behaviour and the epidemiology of helminth infections: cultural practices and microepidemiology, Chapter 9. Human behaviour and the epidemiology of helminth infections: the role of behaviour in exposure to infection, Chapter 10. Influence of host behaviour on some ectoparasites of birds and mammals