Primate parasite ecology
Subtitle: the dynamics and study of host--parasite relationships
By: edited by Michael A. Huffman, Colin A. Chapman.
Contributors: Huffman, Michael A.; Chapman, Colin A.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521872461
Subjects: Parasites -- Ecology; Parasitology; Host-parasite relationships; Primates; Host-Parasite Interactions; Primates -- parasitology; Communicable Diseases -- transmission; Ecosystem; Parasitology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Collection methods and diagnostic procedures for primate parasitology / Ellis C. Greiner and Antoinette McIntosh; title: Methods of collection and identification of minute nematodes from the feces of primates : with special application to coevolutionary study of pinworms / Hideo Hasegawa; title: The utility of molecular methods for elucidating primate; title: pathogen relationships : the oesophagostomum bifurcum example / Robin B. Gasser, Johanna M. de Gruijter, and  Anton M. Polderman; title: The application of endocrine measures in primate parasite ecology / Michael P. Muehlenbein; title: Using agent-based models to investigate primate disease ecology / Charles L. Nunn; title: What does a parasite see when it looks at a chimpanzee? / Michael V. K. Sukhdeo and Suzanne C. Sukhdeo; title: Primate malarias : evolution, adaptation, and species jumping / Anthony Di Fiore ... [et al.]; title: Disease avoidance and the evolution of primate social connectivity : Ebola, bats, gorillas, and chimpanzees / Peter D. Walsh, Magdalena Bermejo, and Jose Domingo Rodriguez-Teijeiro; title: Primate-parasitic zoonoses and anthropozoonoses : a literature review / Taranjit Kaur and Jatinder Singh; title: Lice and other parasites as markers of primate evolutionary history / David L. Reed ... [et al.]; title: Cryptic species and biodiversity of lice from primates / Natalie P. Leo; title: Prevalence of clostridium perfringens in intestinal microflora of non-human primates / Shiho Fujita, Asami Ogasawara, and Takashi Kageyama; title: Intestinal bacteria of chimpanzees in the wild and in captivity : an application of molecular ecological methodologies / Kazunari Ushida; title: Gastrointestinal parasites of bonobos in the Lomako Forest, Democratic Republic of Congo / Jozef Dupain ... [et al.]; title: Habitat disturbance and seasonal fluctuations of lemur parasites in the rain forest of Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar / Patricia C. Wright ... [et al.]; title: Chimpanzee; title: parasite ecology at Budongo Forest (Uganda) and the Mahale Mountains (Tanzania) : influence of climatic differences on self-medicative behavior / Michael A. Huffman ... [et al.]; title: Primate exposure and the emergence of novel retroviruses / Nathan D. Wolfe and William M. Switzer; title: Overview of parasites infecting howler monkeys, alouatta sp., and potential consequences of human; title: howler interactions / Sylvia K. Vitazkova; title: Primate parasite ecology : patterns and predictions from an ongoing study of Japanese macaques / Alexander D. Hernandez, Andrew J. MacIntosh, and Michael A. Huffman; title: Crop raiding : the influence of behavioral and nutritional changes on primate; title: parasite relationships / Anna H. Weyher; title: Can parasite infections be a selective force influencing primate group size? : a test with red colobus / Colin A. Chapman, Jessica M. Rothman, and Stacey A. M. Hodder; title: How does diet quality affect the parasite ecology of mountain gorillas? / Jessica M. Rothman, Alice N. Pell, and Dwight D. Bowman; title: Host; title: parasite dynamics : connecting primate field data to theory / Colin A. Chapman, Stacey A. M. Hodder, and Jessica M. Rothman; title: Ways forward in the study of primate disease ecology / Colin A. Chapman ... [et al.]; title: Useful diagnostic references and images of protozoans, helminths, and nematodes commonly found in wild primates / Hideo Hasegawa, Colin A. Chapman, and Michael A. Huffman.