Overview

A book of essential information on parasitic helminth communities for all those involved and interested in parasitology and community ecology. It examines a wide range of vertebrate and molluscan hosts, and includes a combination of literature review plus substantial new data. Until recently the potential role of parasitic systems as models for understanding patterns and processes in community ecology has not been fully explored. This book assesses current perspectives in this field where much new knowledge is being introduced with increasing frequency. Taking examples from many hosts including molluscs, marine and freshwater fish, amphibia, reptiles, birds and mammals, this book shows how parasitic communities are influenced by a multitude of biotic and abiotic factors. It examines how these factors affect the transmission dynamics of helminth parasites and provides models for multi-species parasite-host communities.

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Author:   Gerald W. Esch ,  etc.
Publisher:   Chapman and Hall
Imprint:   Chapman and Hall
Edition:   1990 ed.
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9780412335402

ISBN 10:   0412335409
Pages:   335
Publication Date:   October 1989
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Patterns and processes in helminth parasite communities: an overview.- 2 Host populations as resources defining parasite community organization.- 3 Spatial scale and the processes structuring a guild of larval trematode parasites.- 4 Guild structure of larval trematodes in molluscan hosts: prevalence, dominance and significance in competition.- 5 Helminth communities in marine fishes.- 6 Helminth communities in freshwater fish: structured communities of stochastic assemblages?.- 7 Helminth communities of amphibians and reptiles: comparative approaches to understanding patterns and processes.- 8 Helminth communities in avian hosts: determinants of pattern.- 9 Helminth community of mammalian hosts: concepts at the infracommunity, component and compound community levels.- 10 Models for multi-species parasite-host communities.- 11 Free-living communities and alimentary tract helminths: hypotheses and pattern analyses.- 12 Concluding remarks.

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