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The art of being a parasite / Claude Combes ; translated by Daniel Simberloff.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005Description: 291 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0226114295
  • 9780226114293
  • 0226114384
  • 9780226114385
Uniform titles:
  • Associations du vivant. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 577.857 22
LOC classification:
  • QL757 .C614513 2005
Contents:
Introduction : what is a symbiosis? -- 1. Arms races -- 2. How does one become a parasite? -- 3. The profession of parasite -- 4. The profession of host -- 5. The profession of mutualist -- 6. Alice and the red queen -- 7. Sexual selection and parasitism -- 8. Parasites in space and time -- 9. Emerging diseases and the future arms race.
Review: "The Art of Being a Parasite is an extensive collection of bizarre and breathtaking stories that illuminate the ecology and evolution of relationships between species. Claude Combes illustrates what it means to be a parasite by considering every stage of its interactions, from invading to reproducing to leaving the host. A 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."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : what is a symbiosis? -- 1. Arms races -- 2. How does one become a parasite? -- 3. The profession of parasite -- 4. The profession of host -- 5. The profession of mutualist -- 6. Alice and the red queen -- 7. Sexual selection and parasitism -- 8. Parasites in space and time -- 9. Emerging diseases and the future arms race.

"The Art of Being a Parasite is an extensive collection of bizarre and breathtaking stories that illuminate the ecology and evolution of relationships between species. Claude Combes illustrates what it means to be a parasite by considering every stage of its interactions, from invading to reproducing to leaving the host. A 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."--BOOK JACKET.

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