A Functional Biology of Parasitism

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   • Gerald W. Esch, Jacqueline C. Fernández

   Pages 1-25

3. Population concepts

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   Pages 26-48

4. Factors influencing parasite populations

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   Pages 49-90

5. Influence of parasites on host populations

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   Pages 91-119

6. Life history strategies

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   Pages 120-147

7. Infracommunity dynamics

   • Gerald W. Esch, Jacqueline C. Fernández

   Pages 148-171

8. Component and compound communities

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   Pages 172-189

9. Biogeographical aspects

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   Pages 190-230

10. Evolutionary aspects

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    Pages 231-267

11. Summary

    • Gerald W. Esch, Jacqueline C. Fernández

    Pages 268-289

12. Back Matter

    Pages 290-337

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Series Editor: Peter Calow, Department of Zoology, University of Sheffield, England The main aim of this series will be to illustrate and to explain the way organisms 'make a living' in nature. At the heart of this - their functional biology - is the way organisms acquire and then make use of resources in metabolism, movement, growth, reproduction, and so on. These processes will form the fundamental framework of all the books in the series. Each book will concentrate on a particular taxon (species, family, class or even phylum) and will bring together information on the form, physiology, ecology and evolutionary biology of the group. The aim will be not only to describe how organisms work, but also to consider why they have come to work in that way. By concentration on taxa which are well known, it is hoped that the series will not only illustrate the success of selection, but also show the constraints imposed upon it by the physiological, morphological and developmental limitations of the groups. Another important feature of the series will be its organismic orientation. Each book will emphasize the importance of functional integration in the day­ to-day lives and the evolution of organisms. This is crucial since, though it may be true that organisms can be considered as collections of gene­ determined traits, they nevertheless interact with their environment as integrated wholes and it is in this context that individual traits have been subjected to natural selection and have evolved.

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• Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, USA

  Gerald W. Esch, Jacqueline C. Fernández

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