Parasite Diversity and Diversification: Evolutionary Ecology Meets Phylogenetics

List of contributors Foreword Introduction Serge Morand, Boris Krasnov and Tim Littlewood Part I. Evolutionary Ecology of Parasite Diversity: 1. Quantifying parasite diversity Robert Poulin 2. Relationships between parasite diversity and host diversity Boris Krasnov and Robert Poulin 3. Patterns of diversity and distribution of aquatic invertebrates and their parasites Tommy L. F. Leung, Camilo Mora and Klaus Rohde 4. Under the changing climate: how shifting geographic distributions and sexual selection shape parasite diversification Lajos Rozsa, Piotr Tryjanowski and Zoltan Vas 5. Impacts of parasite diversity on wild vertebrates: limited knowledge but important perspectives Frederic Bordes and Serge Morand Part II. The Evolutionary History of Parasite Diversity: 6. Revealing parasite diversity using brute force molecular techniques and gently persuasive microscopy Aurelie Chambouvet, Thomas A. Richards, David Bass and Sigrid Neuhauser 7. Evolution of simian retroviruses Ahidjo Ayouba and Martine Peeters 8. The diversity and phylogeny of Rickettsia Lucy A. Weinert 9. Advances in the classification of Acanthocephalans: evolutionary history and evolution of the parasitism Martin Garcia-Varela and Gerardo Perez-Ponce de Leon 10. The study of primate evolution from a lousy perspective David L. Reed, Julie M. Allen, Melissa A. Toups, Bret Boyd and Marina Ascunce 11. Host correlates of diversification in avian lice Lajos Rozsa and Zoltan Vas 12. Evolutionary history of Siphonaptera: fossils, origins, vectors Katharina Dittmar, Qiyun Zhu, Michael W. Hastriter and Michael F. Whiting 13. Bat fly evolution from the Eocene to the present (Hippoboscoidea, Streblidae and Nycteribiidae) Katharina Dittmar, Solon F. Morse, Carl W. Dick and Bruce D. Patterson 14. The evolution of parasitism and host associations in mites Ashley Dowling 15. Nematode life-traits diversity in the light of their phylogenetic diversification Serge Morand, Steve Nadler and Arne Skorping 16. Phylogenetic patterns of diversity in the cestodes and trematodes Timothy J. Littlewood, Rodney A. Bray and Andrea Waeschenbach 17. Patterns of diversification in the parasites of Caribbean Anolis lizards Bryan G. Falk and Susan L. Perkins Part III. Combining Ecology and Phylogenetics: 18. Comparative analysis - recent developments and uses with parasites Yves Desdevises, Serge Morand, Boris R. Krasnov and Julien Claude 19. Phylogenetic signals in ecological properties of parasites Boris R. Krasnov, Serge Morand and Robert Poulin 20. Parasite species coexistence and the evolution of the parasite niche Andrea Simkova and Serge Morand 21. A community perspective on the evolution of virulence Hadas Hawlena and Frida Ben-Ami 22. Host-specificity and species jumps in fish-parasite systems Maarten P. M. Vanhove and Tine Huyse 23. When is cophylogeny evidence of coevolution? Timothee Poisot 24. Bringing together phylogenies and behaviour in host-parasite interactions Tania Jenkins and Philippe Christe 25. The evolutionary epidemiology of the Hepatitis C virus Peter V. Markov, Rebecca R. Gray, James Iles and Oliver G. Pybus Conclusion and perspectives Armand Kuris Index.