Host manipulation by parasites / edited by David P. Hughes, Jacques Brodeur, Frédéric Thomas.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Forword / Richard Dawkins -- 1. A history of parasites and hosts, science and fashion / Janice Moore -- Afterword / John Alcock -- 2. Evolutionary routes leading to host manipulation by parasites / Frédéric Thomas, Thierry Rigaud, and Jacques Brodeur -- Afterword / Stephen C. Stearns -- 3. The strings of the puppet master: how parasites change host behavior / Shelley A. Adamo -- Afterword / Gene Robinson -- 4. Parasites discover behavioral ecology: how to manage one's host in a complex world / Bernard D. Roitberg -- Afterword / Frédérique Dubois -- 5. Manipulation of plant phenotypes by insects and insect-borne pathogens / Marck C. Mescher -- Afterword / Pedro Jordano -- 6. Visual trickery in avian brood parasites / Naomi E. Langmore and Claire N. Spottiswoode -- Afterword / Scott V. Edwards -- 7. Endosymbiotic microbes as adaptive manipulators of arthropod behavior and natural driving sources of host speciation / Wolfgang J. Miller and Daniela Schneider -- Afterword / Lee Ehrman -- 8. Parasites and the superorganism / David P. Hughes -- Afterword / Bert Hölldobler -- 9. Ecological consequences of manipulative parasites / Kevin D. Lafferty and Armand M. Kuris -- Afterword / Michel Loreau -- 10. Applied aspects of host manipulation by parasites / Robert Poulin and Edward P. Levri -- Afterword / Andrew Read and Victoria Braithwaite -- 11. Behavioral manipulation outside the world of parasites / Frank Cézilly and Frédéric Thomas -- Afterword / Alex Kacelnik.

"Parasites that manipulate the behaviour of their hosts represent striking examples of adaptation by natural selection. This field of study is now moving beyond its descriptive phase and into more exciting areas where the processes and patterns of such dramatic adaptations can be better understood. This innovative text provides an up-to-date, authoritative, and challenging review of host manipulation by parasites that assesses the current state of developments in the field and lays out a framework for future research. It also promotes a greater integration of behavioral ecology with studies of host manipulation (behavioral ecology has tended to concentrate mainly on behaviour expressed by free living organisms and is far less focused on the role of parasites in shaping behaviour). To help achieve this, the editors adopt a novel approach of having a prominent expert on behavioral ecology (but who does not work directly on parasites) to provide an afterword to each chapter."--Publisher's website

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