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The Art of Being a Parasite

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Availability:In StockContributor:Claude Combes, Daniel Simberloff (Translator)Publish date:2005-10-01Pages:280
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226114385ISBN-10:226114384UPC:9780226114385Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Life SciencesBook Topic:Ecology, EvolutionSize:9.10 x 6.08 x 0.69 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SCCFJY2ZNF
Parasites are a masterful work of evolutionary art. The tiny mite Histiostoma 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 to reproducing and leaving the host. An accessible and engaging follow-up to Combes's Parasitism, this book will be of interest to both scholars and nonspecialists in the fields of biodiversity, natural history, ecology, public health, and evolution.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226114385ISBN-10:226114384UPC:9780226114385Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Life SciencesBook Topic:Ecology, EvolutionSize:9.10 x 6.08 x 0.69 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SCCFJY2ZNF
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.

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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