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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823418303321

Autore

Moore Janice

Titolo

Parasites and the behavior of animals / / Janice Moore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002

ISBN

0-19-770178-7

1-280-53204-1

0-19-534913-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

Oxford series in ecology and evolution

Disciplina

591.7/857

Soggetti

Animal behavior

Host-parasite relationships

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-295) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Life Cycles: Blueprints for R[sub(0)]; 3 Behavioral Alterations and Parasite Transmission; 4 Behavioral Alterations and Avoiding Parasites; 5 Behavioral Alterations and the Fitness and Longevity of Infected Hosts; 6 Concluding Remarks; Appendix: Tables; Bibliography; Species Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Moore places parasite-induced behavioural alterations in an evolutionary and ecological context by examining the adaptive nature of those changes and possible constraints on them.