The biogeography of host-parasite interactions
By: edited by Serge Morand, Boris R. Krasnov
Series: Oxford biology; Oxford biology
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780199561346; 9780199561353
Subjects: Biogeography; Parasitism; Host-Parasite Interactions; Host-parasite relationships; Geography
Description: "Biogeography has renewed its concepts and methods following important recent advances in phylogenetics, macroecology, and geographic Information systems. In parallel, the evolutionary ecology of most-parasite interactions has attracted the interest of numerous studies dealing with life-history traits, evolution, community ecology, and evolutionary epidemiology." "The Biogeography of Host-Parasite Interactions is the first book to integrate these two fields, using examples from a variety of host-parasite associations in various regions, and across both ecological and evolutionary timescales. Besides a strong theoretical component, there is a bias towards applications, specifically in the fields of historical biogeography, palaeontology, phylogeography, landscape epidemiology, invasion biology, conservation biology, human evolution, and health ecology. A particular emphasis concerns emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases linked to global changes." "This accessible text is intended for graduate students, professional researchers, and practitioners in the fields of evolutionary ecology, parasitology, biogeography, and conservation biology, as well as a broader audience from geography, epidemiology, and veterinary medicine"--BOOK JACKET---
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Beyond vicariance : integrating taxon pulses, ecological fitting, and oscillation in evolution and historical biogeography  -- Eric P. Hoberg and Daniel R. Brooks; title: Palaeogeography of parasites  -- Katharina Dittmar; title: Phylogeography and historical biogeography of obligate specific mutualisms  -- Nadir Alvarez, Doyle McKey, Finn Kjellberg, and Martine Hossaert-McKey; title: Biogeography, humans, and their parasites  -- Pascale Perrin, Vincent Herbreteau, Jean-Pierre Hugot, and Serge Morand -- The; title: use of co-phylogeographic patterns to predict the nature of host-parasite interactions, and vice versa  -- Caroline Nieberding, Emmanuelle Jousselin, and Yves Desdevises; title: Marine parasite diversity and environmental gradients  -- Klaus Rohde; title: Parasite diversity and latitudinal gradients in terrestrial mammals  -- Frédéric Bordes, Serge Morand, Boris R. Krasnov, and Robert Poulin; title: Ecological properties of a parasite : species-specific stability and geographical variation  -- Boris R. Krasnov and Robert Poulin; title: Similarity and variability of parasite assemblages across geographical space  -- Robert Poulin and Boris R. Krasnov; title: Gap analysis and the geographical distribution of parasites  -- Mariah E. Hopkins and Charles L. Nunn; title: In the hosts' footsteps? Ecological niche modelling and its utility and predicting parasite distributions  -- Eric Waltari and Susan L. Perkins -- The; title: geography of defence  -- Serge Morand, Frédéric Bordes, Benoît Pisanu, Joëlle Goüde Bellocq, and Boris R. Krasnov; title: Evolutionary landscape epidemiology  -- Julie Deter, Nathalie Charbonnel, and Jean-Franc̦ois Cosson -- The; title: geography of host and parasite invasions  -- Kevin D. Lafferty, Mark E. Torchin, and Armand M. Kuris; title: Immune defence [sic] and invasion  -- Anders P. Møller and László Z. Garamszegi; title: Infection, immunity, and island adaptation in birds  -- Kevin D. Matson and Jon S. Beadell -- The; title: geography and ecology of pathogen emergence  -- Jan Slingenbergh, Lenny Hogerwerf, and Stéphane de la Rocque; title: When geography of health meets health ecology -- Vincent Herbreteau.