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Title: The Art of Being a Parasite
Condition: New
EAN: 9780226114385
ISBN: 9780226114385
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 01/10/2005
Description: Parasites are masterful works of evolutionary art. The tiny mite Hisliostoma laboratorium, a parasite of Drosophila, launches itself, in an incredible display of evolutionary engineering, like a surface-to-air missile at a fruit fly far above its head. Gravid mussels such as Lampsilis ventricosa undulate excitedly as they release their parasitic larval offspring, conning greedy predators in search of a tasty meal into hosting the parasite. The Art of Being a Parasite is an extensive collection of these and other wonderful and weird stories that illuminate the ecology and evolution of interactions between species. Claude Combes illustrates what it means to be a parasite by considering every stage of its interactions, from invading and reproducing to leaving the host. An accessible and engaging follow-up to Combes's Parasitism: The Ecology and Evolution of Intimate Interactions, this book will be of interest to both scholars and nonspecialists in the fields of biodiversity, natural history, ecology, public health, and evolution.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Author: Claude Combes
Genre: Science Nature & Math
Item Height: 23mm
Item Length: 17mm
Item Width: 2mm
Item Weight: 454g
Translator: Daniel Simberloff
Contributor: Daniel Simberloff (Translated by)
Release Year: 2005

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