Host-Parasite Evolution: General Principles and Avian Models - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198548931 ISBN 13: 9780198548935

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1997

Synopsis

This is a question-oriented volume with a solid organismal foundation that will help to bridge the gap between evolutionary ecologists and parasitologists. A range of experts have written chapters that review general concepts and provide a detailed survey of the parasites of a major group of hosts. The book concludes with extensive reviews of methods used to study bird parasites. It is a novel and valuable tool for anyone interested in understanding host-parasite interactions, particularly from an evolutionary perspective.

About this title

About the Author:

D. Clayton, University of Utah. J. Moore, Professor, Colorado State University.

Review:

`Although it is a collection of contributed chapters, each organized with its own reference list and context setting introduction, the editors have made a major and,in my view, largely successful attempt to unify the whole into a single treatise ... the overall approach is highly to be
commended, and I think this book will set the agenda for the study of host-parasite co-evolution for some time to come.'
R.H. McCleery

`'Much more than a comprehensive anthology, this is also a manual...this well-edited collection reflects the multifocal intersts of many life science disciplines, each bringing its special expertise to bear upon host-parasite coevolution...All chapters are rich in tabular summaries, and they
are so informative.''
Jnl of Heredity 1998, 89 (3).

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0198548931
• ISBN 13: 9780198548935
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 486
• Editor: Clayton Dale H., Moore Janice