Coevolution of parasitic arthropods and mammals
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Coevolution of parasitic arthropods and mammals
Wiley, c1985
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"A Wiley-Interscience publication."
Includes bibliographies and index
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Description
This book brings together information on the diversity, distribution and adaptations of parasitic insects and acarines on mammals and thus provides the basis for studies on the evolution of biological relationships (perhaps coevolutionary) between parasites (consumers) and hosts (suppliers). Primary focus is placed on obligate, permanent parasites. They include anoplura, Mallophaga, Siphonaptera and the minor taxa, Dermaptera, Hemiptera, Diptera and Coleoptera (Insecta), and numerous Mesostigmata, Metastigmata, Prostigmata and Astigmata (Acari). Parasitic insects of minor orders are discussed briefly together. Because the level of knowlege currently available varies greatly by different taxonomic groups, many different approaches must be used to study evolutionary relationships between these parasites and their hosts. Thus the approach used in each chapter differs considerably from others. The term coevolution is used somewhat differently by different authors, but it primarily refers to the concepts of coaccommodation, coadaptation and cospeciation.
This represents a parasitological concept of coevolution, differing from the restrictive definition used for reciprocal evolution of plant-insect interactions.
Table of Contents
EVOLUTION OF PARASITE-HOST SYSTEM. Evolutionary Relationships of Parasitic Arthropods and Mammals (Ke Chung Kim). Coevolution as a Process: What Parasites of Animals and Plants Don't Have in Common (Daniel H. Janzen). Mammals as Evolutionary Partners (Robert M. Timm and Barbara L. Clauson). INSECTA. Patterns of Insect Parasitism in Mammals (K. Kim and P. Adler). Evolution and Host Associations of Anoplura (Ke Chung Kim). Evolution of Mallophaga on Mammals (K. C. Emerson and Rogers D. Price). ACARI. Evolution of Mesostigmate Mites of Mammals (F. Radovsky). Tick and Mammal Coevolution, with Emphasis on Haemaphysalis (H. Hoogstraal and K. Kim). OVERVIEW. Parasitism and Coevolution: Epilogue (K. Kim). List of Parasitic Arthropods Associated With Mammals. List of Mammals Associated With Parasitic Arthropods. Index.
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