Art of Being a Parasite
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anatomy
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behavior
biodiversity
biology
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cowbird
cuckoo
drosophila
ecology
emerging diseases
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evolution
figs
histiostoma laboratorium
host
independence
infectious disease
interactions
intrusion
lampsilis ventricosa
mussels
mutual dependence
mutualist
natural history
nonfiction
parasites
predators
public health
reproduction
science
sexual selection
symbiosis
tapeworm
wasps
zoology
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- ISBN 9780226114293
- Weight: 539g
- Dimensions: 16 x 24mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 2005
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Parasites are masterful works of evolutionary art. The tiny mite Hisliostoma laboratorium, a parasite of Drosophila, launches itself, in an incredible display of evolutionary engineering, like a surface-to-air missile at a fruit fly far above its head. Gravid mussels such as Lampsilis ventricosa undulate excitedly as they release their parasitic larval offspring, conning greedy predators in search of a tasty meal into hosting the parasite. The Art of Being a Parasite is an extensive collection of these and other wonderful and weird stories that illuminate the ecology and evolution of interactions between species. Claude Combes illustrates what it means to be a parasite by considering every stage of its interactions, from invading and reproducing to leaving the host. An accessible and engaging follow-up to Combes's Parasitism: The Ecology and Evolution of Intimate Interactions, this book will be of interest to both scholars and nonspecialists in the fields of biodiversity, natural history, ecology, public health, and evolution.
Claude Combes is professor of animal biology at the University of Perpignan and author of Parasitism: The Ecology and Evolution of Intimate Interactions, published by the University of Chicago Press. Daniel Simberloff is the Nancy Gore Hunger Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
