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• Coverpage
• Parasitism
• Reviews
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of boxes
• Foreword by John C. Holmes
• Preface and acknowledgments
• 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Encounters with parasites
• 1.2 Scope
• 1.3 Terminology
• 1.4 Overview
• 2 Immunological aspects of parasitism
• 2.1 General considerations
• 2.2 Vertebrate immunity
• 2.3 Invertebrate immunity
• 2.4 Ecological immunology
• 3 Protista: the unicellular eukaryotes
• 3.1 General considerations
• 3.2 Form and function
• 3.3 Biodiversity and life-cycle variation
• 3.4 Phylogenetic relationships and classification
• 4 Microsporida: the intracellular, spore-forming fungi
• 4.1 General considerations
• 4.2 Form and function
• 4.3 Development and general life cycle
• 4.4 Biodiversity and life-cycle variation
• 4.5 Phylogenetic relationships and classification
• 5 Myxozoa: the spore-forming cnidarians
• 5.1 General considerations
• 5.2 Form and function
• 5.3 Development and general life cycle
• 5.4 Biodiversity and life-cycle variation
• 5.5 Phylogenetic relationships and classification
• 6 Platyhelminthes: the flatworms
• 6.1 General considerations
• 6.2 Temnocephalidea
• 6.3 Udonellida
• 6.4 Aspidobothrea
• 6.5 Digenea
• 6.6 Monogenea
• 6.7 Gyrocotylidea
• 6.8 Amphilinidea
• 6.9 Eucestoda
• 6.10 Phylogenetic relationships and classification
• 7 Acanthocephala: the thorny-headed worms
• 7.1 General considerations
• 7.2 Form and function
• 7.3 Nutrient uptake and metabolism
• 7.4 Development and general life cycle
• 7.5 Biodiversity and life-cycle variation
• 7.6 Phylogenetic relationships and classification
• 8 Nematoda: the roundworms
• 8.1 General considerations
• 8.2 Form and function
• 8.3 Nutrient uptake and metabolism
• 8.4 Development and general life cycle
• 8.5 Biodiversity and life-cycle variation
• 8.6 Phylogenetic relationships and classification
• 9 Nematomorpha: the hairworms
• 9.1 General considerations
• 9.2 Form and function
• 9.3 Development and general life cycle
• 9.4 Biodiversity and ecology
• 9.5 Phylogenetic relationships and classification
• 10 Pentastomida: the tongue worms
• 10.1 General considerations
• 10.2 Form and function
• 10.3 Nutrient uptake and metabolism
• 10.4 Development and general life cycle
• 10.5 Biodiversity and life-cycle variation
• 10.6 Phylogenetic relationships and classification
• 11 Arthropoda: the joint-legged animals
• 11.1 General considerations
• 11.2 Crustacea
• 11.3 Chelicerata
• 11.4 Hexapoda
• 11.5 Phylogenetic relationships and classification
• 12 Parasite population ecology
• 12.1 General considerations
• 12.2 Terminology and general approaches
• 12.3 Introduction to parasite population ecology
• 13 Parasite community ecology
• 13.1 General considerations
• 13.2 Introduction to parasite community ecology
• 13.3 The structure of parasite infracommunities: restricted niches
• 13.4 The structure of parasite communities: species richness
• 14 Parasite biogeography and phylogeography
• 14.1 General considerations
• 14.2 Historical biogeography
• 14.3 Ecological biogeography
• 14.4 Applied aspects of parasite biogeography and phylogeography
• 15 Effects of parasites on their hosts: from individuals to ecosystems
• 15.1 General considerations
• 15.2 Effects of parasites on host individuals
• 15.3 Effects of parasites on host populations
• 15.4 Effects of parasites on host communities and ecosystems
• 16 Evolution of host–parasite interactions
• 16.1 General considerations
• 16.2 Parasite-mediated natural selection and evolution
• 16.3 Genetic structure of parasite populations
• 16.4 Introduction to host–parasite coevolution
• 17 Environmental parasitology: parasites as bioindicators of ecosystem health
• 17.1 General considerations
• 17.2 Parasites as effect indicators of pollutant stress
• 17.3 Parasites as environmental sentinels
• Glossary
• Index