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"Reflecting the enormous advances made in the field over the past ten years, this text synthesizes the latest developments in the ecology and evolution of animal parasites against a backdrop of parallel advances in parasite systematics, biodiversity and life cycles. This second edition has been thoroughly revised to meet the needs of a new generation of parasitology students. Balancing traditional approaches in parasitology with modern studies in parasite ecology and evolution, the authors present basic ecological principles as a unifying framework to help students understand the complex phenomenon of parasitism. Richly illustrated with over 250 figures, the text is accompanied by case study boxes designed to help students appreciate the complexity and diversity of parasites and the scientists who study them. This unique approach, presented clearly and with a minimum of jargon and mathematical detail, encourages students from diverse backgrounds to think generally and conceptually about parasites and parasitism"--

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Parasites have evolved independently in numerous animal lineages, and they now make up a considerable proportion of the biodiversity of life. Not only do they impact humans and other animals in fundamental ways, but in recent years they have become a powerful model system for the study of ecology and evolution, with practical applications in disease prevention. Here, in a thoroughly revised and updated edition of his influential earlier work, Robert Poulin provides an evolutionary ecologist's view of the biology of parasites. He sets forth a comprehensive synthesis of parasite evolutionary

Parasites. --- Parasites - Ecology. --- Parasites -- Ecology. --- Parasites -- Evolution. --- Parasites --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Animal Behavior --- Ecology --- Evolution --- Animal parasites --- Animals --- Epizoa --- Parasitic animals --- Parasitic organisms --- 591.6 --- Economic zoology. Applied zoology --- 579.2 General microbiology --- 576.8 Parasitology --- 591.6 Economic zoology. Applied zoology --- 574 --- 575.8 --- 576.8 --- 579.2 --- Pests --- 574 General ecology. Biocoenology. Hydrobiology. Biogeography --- General ecology. Biocoenology. Hydrobiology. Biogeography --- General microbiology --- 575.8 Evolution. Origin of species. Phylogeny --- Evolution. Origin of species. Phylogeny --- Parasitology --- Zooparasitology --- Animal ethology and ecology. Sociobiology --- Ecology. --- Evolution.

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This book was written in response to significant recent advances in understanding the mechanisms of parasitism in the Orobanchaceae, and breakthroughs in the control of the parasitic weeds Striga and Orobanche. It consists of 26 contributions by internationally recognized leading scientists. The main book chapters are grouped into two parts: ·       Part I – The Orobanchaceae and Their Parasitic Mechanisms ·       Part II – The Weedy Orobanchaceae and Their Control The first part provides cutting-edge information on all key aspects of plant parasitism, such as the structure, development and function of the haustorium; nutrient transfer and the physiology of the parasite-host association; host reaction to parasitic plants; seed production and germination; the strigolactones and host-parasite signaling mechanisms; the parasite genome, phylogenetics, evolution and epigenetics; and ecology. Topics of the second part include: the problem posed by the weedy parasites; population diversity and dynamics; molecular diagnosis of seed banks; and detailed discussion of the various management strategies, including agronomic, chemical and biotechnological approaches, as well as host breeding for resistance, allelopathy and biological control.   This book is intended for plant scientists, university lecturers and students, agronomists and weed specialists, breeders and farmers, extension personnel and experts in tropical and subtropical agriculture.

Agricultural biotechnology -- Health aspects. --- Agriculture. --- Biochemistry. --- Life sciences. --- Parasites -- Ecology. --- Plant breeding. --- Plant cytogenetics. --- Plant Ecology. --- Botany --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Plant Physiology --- Orobanchaceae --- Plant parasites. --- Crops --- Plant pests --- Diseases and pests --- Plant biochemistry. --- Plant ecology. --- Plant genetics. --- Plant physiology. --- Life Sciences. --- Plant Physiology. --- Plant Breeding/Biotechnology. --- Plant Genetics & Genomics. --- Plant Biochemistry. --- Parasites --- Plant diseases --- Tubiflorae --- Plant Genetics and Genomics. --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Biology --- Chemistry --- Medical sciences --- Plants --- Genetics --- Agriculture --- Breeding --- Ecology --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Physiology --- Composition --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Phytochemistry --- Plant biochemistry --- Plant chemistry --- Biochemistry --- Phytochemicals --- Plant biochemical genetics --- Floristic ecology --- Orobanchaceae. --- Parasitic plants.