Parasites and the Behavior of Animals [[electronic resource]]
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| Autore: |
Moore Janice
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| Titolo: |
Parasites and the Behavior of Animals [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 577.857 |
| 591.7/857 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Animal behavior |
| Host-parasite relationships | |
| Parasitism | |
| Host-Parasite Interactions | |
| Behavior, Animal | |
| Animal Behavior | |
| Zoology | |
| Health & Biological Sciences | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| 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: | This volume presents ecological consequences and evolutionary mechanisms that may be associated with behavioural alterations in parasitized hosts. Alterations may result from natural selection favouring the host or parasite, or side-effects caused by physiological changes associated with symbiosis. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Parasites and the Behavior of Animals |
| ISBN: | 0-19-770178-7 |
| 1-280-53204-1 | |
| 0-19-534913-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910782893903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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