Parasites and the behavior of animals / Janice Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Janice, author.

Series:

Oxford series in ecology and evolution.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford series in ecology and evolution

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parasitism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770178-7

1-280-53204-1

0-19-534913-X

OCLC:

476026568