A checklist of host-parasite interactions of the order crocodylia / / Marisa Tellez

• Autore: Tellez Christina Marisa
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource : 1 illustration (black and white)
• Disciplina: 597.9817857
• Soggetto topico: Crocodilians; Host-parasite relationships
• Soggetto non controllato: alligators; anthropogenic conflict; biology; caimans; climate change; conservation; crocodiles; crocodilia; crocodilian evolution; crocodilians; crocodylia; ecology; ecosystems; environment; environmental pollution; evolutionary ecology; false gharial; gharial; herpetology; host; human impact; infectious diseases; local food web dynamics; natural habitat; parasite host relationship; parasite host specificity; parasite; parasitism; predators; scientists; semiaquatic reptiles; symbiotic relationship; taxonomy; theoretical
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIAL AND METHODS -- CROCODILIAN-PARASITE DATABASE -- PARASITE-CROCODILIAN DATABASE -- HOST SPECIFICITY -- CONCLUSIONS -- LITERATURE CITED -- APPENDIX -- Addendum
• Sommario/riassunto: Records of parasitism in crocodilians date back to the early 1800's, distributed among various types of published and unpublished materials. Analyzing parasite-host specificity, geographic distribution, and taxonomy can provide otherwise cryptic details about crocodilian ecology and evolution, as well as their local food web dynamics. This information is critical for improved conservation tactics for both crocodilians and their habitat. As climate change, anthropogenic conflict, and environmental pollution endanger crocodilian ecosystems, there is a need for organized information on crocodile, alligator, caiman, and gharial infectious diseases. This volume meets this need by delivering the first checklist of crocodilians and their parasites for researchers and scholars in biology, herpetology, and ecology in order to further the knowledge and study of crocodilian-parasite dynamics and improve our understanding of human impacts on ecosystems.
• Titolo autorizzato: A checklist of host-parasite interactions of the order crocodylia
• ISBN: 0-520-95736-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819457303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: University of California publications in zoology ; ; v. 136.