Micromammals and Macroparasites From Evolutionary Ecology to Management - Morand, S.; Krasnov, B.R.; Poulin, R.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2006)
and definitions -- Micromammals and macroparasites: Who is who and how do they interact? -- Major taxa parasitic on micromammals -- Digenean trematodes -- Cestodes of small mammals: Taxonomy and life cycles -- Nematodes -- Acanthocephalans -- Taxonomy, host associations, life cycles and vectorial importance of ticks parasitizing small mammals -- Mesostigmatid mites as parasites of small mammals: Systematics, ecology, and the evolution of parasitic associations -- Taxonomy, life cycles and the origin of parasitism in trombiculid mites -- Blood-sucking lice (Anoplura) of small mammals: True parasites -- Fleas: Permanent satellites of small mammals -- Bat flies: Obligate ectoparasites of bats -- Patterns -- Patterns of macroparasite diversity in small mammals -- Patterns of host specificity in parasites exploiting small mammals -- Coevolution of macroparasites and their small mammalian hosts: Cophylogeny and coadaptation -- Comparative phylogeography: The use of parasites for insights into host history -- Insularity and micromammal-macroparasite relationships -- Processes -- Models for host-macroparasite interactions in micromammals -- Transmission ecology and the structure of parasite communities in small mammals -- Effect of macroparasites on the energy budget of small mammals -- Immunogenetics of micromammalmacroparasite interactions -- Interactions among immune, endocrine, and behavioural response to infection -- Behaviour, life history strategies and parasite infection in rodents -- Management and Case Studies -- Nematode zoonoses -- Rodents as definitive hosts of Schistosoma, with special reference to S. mansoni transmission -- Towards understanding the impacts of environmental variation on Echinococcus multilocularis transmission -- Parasites and pest population management -- Biological conservation and parasitism -- Conclusion -- Global changes and the future of micromammal-macroparasite interactions.
Keywords: Molecular biology; Animal ecology; Zoology; Molecular Medicine; Animal Ecology; Zoology