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Discusses all of the world's nearly 100 species of obligatory brood parasites - those birds that reproduce only by laying their eggs in the nests of other species - and the ecological and evolutionary aspects of this remarkable behavioural adaptation.
Parasitic birds. --- Brood parasites. --- Parasites --- Birds --- Brood parasites --- Parasitic birds
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When a parasite invades an ant, does the ant behave like other ants? Maybe not-and if it doesn't, who, if anyone, benefits from the altered behaviors? The parasite? The ant? Parasites and the Behavior of Animals shows that parasite-induced behavioral alterations are more common than we might realize, and it places these alterations in an evolutionary and ecological context. Emphasizing eukaryotic parasites, the book examines the adaptive nature of behavioral changes associated with parasitism, exploring the effects of these changes on parasite transmission, parasite avoidance, and the fitness of both host and parasite. The behavioral changes and their effects are not always straightforward. To the extent that virulence, for instance, is linked to parasite transmission, the evolutionary interests of parasite and host will diverge, and the current winner of the contest to maximize reproductive rates may not be clear, or, for that matter, inevitable. Nonetheless, by affecting susceptibility, host/parasite lifespan and fecundity, and transmission itself, host behavior influences parameters that are basic to our comprehension of how parasites invade host populations, and fundamentally, how parasites evolve. Such an understanding is important for a wide range of scientists, from ecologists and parasitologists to evolutionary, conservation and behavioral biologists: The behavioral alterations that parasites induce can subtly and profoundly affect the distribution and abundance of animals.
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Melvillean Parasites addresses an aspect of Herman Melville's authorship largely overlooked by previous scholars: the abundance of narrators and characters in his writings in search of food-an aim they typically pursue through sponging off the people they encounter. Deploying the conceptual figure of the parasite as its primary analytical tool, the book interprets how the dream of a free meal plays out and is given literary form in Typee (1846), "Bartleby, the Scrivener" (1853), "Jimmy Rose" (1855), and The Confidence-Man (1857). In so doing, Melvillean Parasites aims to explain how Melville's engagement with ethico-political issues concerning nourishment, dependency upon others, hospitality, and responsibility toward strangers, evolved and changed over time. Compared to the tendency of dehumanizing the parasite found in many of his contemporaries, the book claims that what sets him apart, is his insight into the unavoidable parasitic tendencies of us all: Herman Melville-patron saint of the parasite. Melvillean Parasites is intended for scholars, students, and general readers with an interest in the concept of the parasite, as well as Herman Melville's authorship, American literature, and 19th century studies in general. Anders M. Gullestad is Associate Professor at the Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies at the University of Bergen.
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Parasites --- Parasitology --- Animals --- Wildlife diseases --- Parasites. --- Animals, Wild. --- Animal Behavior
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Parasitism. --- Parasites --- Parasitology --- Predation (Biology)
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Parasites. --- Animal parasites --- Animals --- Epizoa --- Parasitic animals --- Parasitic organisms --- Pests --- Parasites
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This book emphasizes past and current research efforts about principles of natural control of major parasites affecting humans, animals, and crops. Each chapter is a complete and integrated subject that presents a problem and confers on the safe alternatives to chemicals. This book discusses and updates information about three major topics of natural remedies. The first topic is represented in a chapter outlining important information on biological control of parasites, the second topic is represented in three chapters dealing with botanicals as promising antiparasitic agents, and the last four chapters deal with miscellaneous control strategies against parasites. This easily readable book is designed precisely for students as well as professors linked with the field of parasitic control. We enhanced words with breathing areas in the form of graphical abstracts, figures, photographs, and tables.
Parasites. --- Animal parasites --- Animals --- Epizoa --- Parasitic animals --- Parasitic organisms --- Pests --- Parasites --- Life Sciences --- Pure Microbiology --- Parasitology --- Immunology and Microbiology
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This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact
Parasites --- Host-parasite interaction --- Immunopathology --- Vaccines --- Diagnostics
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No Brasil, ela já foi responsável por epidemias em diferentes cidades. Nos últimos dez anos, sua letalidade aumentou em diversas regiões do país. Em várias partes do mundo ela vem se expandindo, inclusive em lugares onde, anteriormente, não havia registro de transmissão. A infecção por parasitos do gênero Leishmania causa uma das doenças tropicais mais negligenciadas da atualidade. Estima-se que existam 350 milhões de pessoas em risco de contrair a infecção, sobretudo nas áreas mais pobres do planeta, e que dois milhões de novos casos de leishmanioses ocorram a cada ano. Esse grave cenário justifica o esforço empreendido pelos organizadores e demais pesquisadores do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC/Fiocruz) especialistas no assunto, assim como por profissionais de outras unidades da Fiocruz e instituições brasileiras: eles prepararam uma coletânea que compila o conhecimento já existente sobre o assunto, identifica os principais desafios e discute estratégias para enfrentá-los.
Leishmaniasis --- Parasites --- Diseases. --- Animal parasites --- Animals --- Epizoa --- Parasitic animals --- Parasitic organisms --- Pests --- Protozoan diseases
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This book is a generic revision of the entire caligid family, which has not been reviewed and revised since its establishment in 1834 by Burmeister. It includes detailed descriptions of all genera within the family along with a discussion on the taxonomic status of the genera previously belonging to the Euryphoridae and compiles an extensive array of information and literature regarding 'sea lice' into one book. The external morphology, functional morphology, life history, and host-parasite relationships of the Caligidae are presented. A key to the genera of the Caligidae is provided. Because this family has become increasingly important due to their deleterious effects on fishes, especially cultured or farmed fishes throughout the world, aquaculturists have become very concerned about these “sea lice”.
Caligidae. --- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General --- Eirgidae --- Siphonostomatoida --- Copepoda. --- Parasites. --- Animal parasites --- Animals --- Epizoa --- Parasitic animals --- Parasitic organisms --- Pests --- Copepods --- Crustacea --- Entomostraca --- Parasites
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