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9780691059242: Parasites in Social Insects
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ISBN 10: 0691059241 ISBN 13: 9780691059242
Casa editrice: Princeton University Press, 1998

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This book analyzes for the first time how parasites shape the biology of social insects: the ants, wasps, bees, and termites. Paul Schmid-Hempel provides an overview of the existing knowledge of parasites in social insects. Current ideas are evaluated using a broad database, and the role of parasites for the evolution and maintenance of the social organization and biology of insects is carefully scrutinized. In addition, the author develops new insights, especially in his examination of the intricate relationships between parasites and their social hosts through the rigorous use of evolutionary and ecological concepts. Schmid-Hempel identifies gaps in our knowledge about parasites in social insects and uses models to develop new questions for future research. In addition, issues that are usually considered separately-such as division of labor, genetics, immunology, and epidemiology-are placed in a common framework to analyze two of the most successful adaptations of life: parasitism and sociality. This work will appeal not only to practitioners in the fields of behavioral ecology and sociobiology, but also to others interested in host-parasite relationships or in social organisms, such as apiculturists struggling to overcome the problems arising from mite infestations of honeybee colonies.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Paul Schmid-Hempel is Professor of Experimental Ecology at ETH in Zyrich, Switzerland, and the head of a research group on the evolutionary ecology of host-parasite interactions.

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Editore
Princeton University Press
Data di pubblicazione
1998
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0691059241
ISBN 13 
9780691059242
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
424
Contatto del produttore
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