Name: Parasites in Social Insects (Monographs in Behavior and Ecology) (en Inglés)
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Author: Paul Schmid-Hempel
ISBN: 9780691059242

portada Parasites in Social Insects (Monographs in Behavior and Ecology) (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Princeton University Press

Autor

Paul Schmid-Hempel

Año

1998

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

392

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN

0691059241

ISBN13

9780691059242

Categorías

Biología

Parasites in Social Insects (Monographs in Behavior and Ecology) (en Inglés)

Paul Schmid-Hempel (Autor) · Princeton University Press · Tapa Blanda

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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.