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Autore |
Moore Janice |
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Titolo |
Parasites and the behavior of animals / / Janice Moore |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-770178-7 |
1-280-53204-1 |
0-19-534913-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (329 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford series in ecology and evolution |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Animal behavior |
Host-parasite relationships |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2002. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-295) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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