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Parasites and Pathogens: Effects On Host Hormones and Behavior (v. 1)
N.E. Beckage
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Description for Parasites and Pathogens: Effects On Host Hormones and Behavior (v. 1)
Hardcover. Draws together a description of how parasites and pathogens affect vertebrate and invertebrate behaviors. This book describes the information about the mechanisms involved including hormonal influences, as well as the role of the nervous system in invoking such changes. Num Pages: 359 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSVS; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1510.
When Nancy Beckage and I first met in Lynn Riddiford's laboratory at the University of Washington in the mid 1970s, the fields of parasitology, behavior, and endocrinology were thriving and far-flung--disciplines in no serious danger of intersecting. There were rumors that they might have some common ground: Behavioural Aspects of Parasite Transmission (Canning and Wright, 1972) had just emerged, with exciting news not only of the way parasites themselves behave, but also of Machiavellian worms that caused intermediate hosts to shift fundamental responses to light and disturbance, becoming in the process more vulnerable to predation by the next host (Holmes ... Read more
When Nancy Beckage and I first met in Lynn Riddiford's laboratory at the University of Washington in the mid 1970s, the fields of parasitology, behavior, and endocrinology were thriving and far-flung--disciplines in no serious danger of intersecting. There were rumors that they might have some common ground: Behavioural Aspects of Parasite Transmission (Canning and Wright, 1972) had just emerged, with exciting news not only of the way parasites themselves behave, but also of Machiavellian worms that caused intermediate hosts to shift fundamental responses to light and disturbance, becoming in the process more vulnerable to predation by the next host (Holmes ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Weight
701g
Number of Pages
338
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780412074011
SKU
V9780412074011
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