Overview

Ecology and Evolution of Parasitism is the first book to provide a broad synthesis of both the roles and consequences of pathogens on the ecology and evolution of free living systems. It focuses on hosts rather than the parasites themselves, integrating those aspects related to the ecology and the evolution of free-living species (sexual selection, behaviour, life history traits, regulation of populations etc.). The book includes examples across a range of scales from individuals to populations, communities and ecosystems.

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Author:   Frédéric Thomas (, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France and Université de Montréal, Canada) ,  Jean-François Guégan (, Directeur de Recherche at The French Research Institute for Development, France) ,  François Renaud (, Directeur de Recherche at The French Research Institute for Development, France)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 19.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.689kg
ISBN:  

9780199535323

ISBN 10:   0199535329
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   11 December 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Robert Barbault: Preface Frédéric Thomas, Jean-François Guégan & François Renaud: Introduction 1: Gabriele Sorci, Thierry Boulinier, Michel Gauthier-Clerc & Bruno Faivre: The evolutionary ecology of the immune response 2: Yannis Michalakis: Parasitism and evolution of life history traits 3: Patrice David & Philipp Heeb: Parasites and sexual selection 4: Marie-Jeanne Perrot-Minnot & Frank Cézilly: Parasites and behaviour 5: Catherine Moulia & Pierre Joly: Parasitism and hybrid zones 6: Serge Morand & Julie Deter: Parasitism and host population regulation 7: Éric Wajnberg & Nicolas Ris: Parasitism and biological control 8: Guillaume Constantin de Magny, François Renaud, Patrick Durand, & Jean-François Guégan: Health ecology: a new tool, the macroscope 9: Camille Lebarbenchon, Robert Poulin, & Frédéric Thomas: Parasitism, biodiversity and conservation biology Jacques Blondel: Conclusion Thierry Lefèvre, Nicolas Ris, & Guillaume Mitta: Appendix: Methodological chapter

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Frédéric Thomas, Jean-François Guégan and François Renaud are all Senior Research Fellows in two French research institutions (CNRS and IRD), and they are interested by the ecology and the evolution of host-parasite interactions. Their areas of research are various, involving population genetics, population dynamics, behavioural ecology, modelling and ecology of health. They regularly published in international journals (Nature, Current Biology, Evolution, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, PLoS, Proceedings B, Trends in Parasitology).

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