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Title:

Primate parasite ecology : the dynamics and study of host-parasite relationships / edited by Michael A. Huffman, Colin A. Chapman.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xvi, 531 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Parasites--Ecology.
Parasitology
Host-parasite relationships
Primates

Other Authors:

Huffman, Michael A.
Chapman, Colin A.

Notes:

"Primates"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Cryptic species and biodiversity of lice from primates / Natalie P. Leo -- Methods of collection and identification of minute nematodes from the feces of primates, with special application to coevolutionary study of pinworms / Hideo Hasegawa -- The utility of molecular methods for elucidating primate-pathogen relationships : the Oesophagostomum bifurcum example / Robin B. Gasser, Johanna M. de Gruijter, and Anton M. Polderman -- The application of endocrine measures in primate parasite ecology / Michael P. Muehlenbein -- Using agent-based models to investigate primate disease ecology / Charles L. Nunn -- What does a parasite see when it looks at a chimpanzee? / Michael V.K. Sukhdeo and Suzanne C. Sukhdeo -- Primate malarias : evolution, adaptation, and species jumping / Anthony Di Fiore ... [et al.] -- Disease avoidance and the evolution of primate social connectivity : Ebola, bats, gorillas, and chimpanzees / Peter D. Walsh, Magdalena Bermejo, and Jos©♭ Domingo Rodr©Ưguez-Teijeiro -- Primate-parasitic zoonoses and anthropozoonoses : a literature review / Taranjit Kaur and Jatinder Singh -- Lice and other parasites as markers of primate evolutionary history / David L. Reed ... [et al.] -- Cryptic species and biodiversity of lice from primates / Natalie P. Leo --
Primate exposure and the emergence of novel retroviruses / Nathan D. Wolfe and William M. Switzer -- Intestinal bacteria of chimpanzees in the wild and in captivity : an application of molecular ecological methodologies / Kazunari Ushida -- Gastrointestinal parasites of bonobos in the Lomako Forest, Democratic Republic of Congo / Jozef Dupain ... [et al.] -- Habitat disturbance and seasonal fluctuations of lemur parasites in the rain forest of Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar / Patricia C. Wright ... [et al.] -- Chimpanzee-parasite ecology at Budongo Forest (Uganda) and the Mahale Mountains (Tanzania) : influence of climatic differences on self-medicative behavior / Michael A. Huffman ... [et al.] -- Primate exposure and the emergence of novel retroviruses / Nathan D. Wolfe and William M. Switzer --
Ways forward in the study of primate disease ecology / Colin A. Chapman ... [et al.] -- Primate parasite ecology : patterns and predictions from an ongoing study of Japanese macaques / Alexander D. Hernandez, Andrew J. MacIntosh, and Michael A. Huffman -- Crop raiding : the influence of behavioral and nutritional changes on primate-parasite relationships / Anna H. Weyher -- Can parasite infections be a selective force influencing primate group size? : a test with red colobus / Colin A. Chapman, Jessica M. Rothman, and Stacey A.M. Hodder -- How does diet quality affect the parasite ecology of mountain gorillas? / Jessica M. Rothman, Alice N. Pell, and Dwight D. Bowman -- Host-parasite dynamics : connecting primate field data to theory / Colin A. Chapman, Stacey A.M. Hodder, and Jessica M. Rothman -- Ways forward in the study of primate disease ecology / Colin A. Chapman ... [et al.] --
Useful diagnostic references and images of protozoans, helminths, and nematodes commonly found in wild primates / Hideo Hasegawa, Colin A. Chapman, and Michael A. Huffman.

Series:

Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 57

ISBN:

0521872464 (hardback)
9780521872461 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)253187708

LCCN:

2008038887

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)