Host Manipulation by Parasites

by Hughes, David P.; Brodeur, Jacques; Thomas, Frederic

• ISBN13: 9780199642236
• ISBN10: 0199642230
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-07-26
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Parasites that manipulate the behaviour of their hosts represent striking examples of adaptation by natural selection. This field of study is now moving beyond its descriptive phase and into more exciting areas where the processes and patterns of such dramatic adaptations can be better understood. This innovative text provides an up-to-date, authoritative, and challenging review of host manipulation by parasites that assesses the current state of developments in the field and laysout a framework for future research. It also promotes a greater integration of behavioral ecology with studies of host manipulation (behavioral ecology has tended to concentrate mainly on behaviour expressed by free living organisms and is far less focused on the role of parasites in shapingbehaviour). To help achieve this, the editors adopt a novel approach of having a prominent expert on behavioral ecology (but who does not work directly on parasites) to provide an afterword to each chapter.

Table of Contents

1. A history of parasites and hosts, science and fashion, Janice Moore
Afterword, John Alcock
2. Evolutionary routes leading to host manipulation by parasites, Frederic Thomas, Thierry Rigaud, and Jacques Brodeur
Afterword, Stephen C. Stearns
3. The strings of the puppet master: How parasites change host behavior, Shelley A. Adamo
Afterword, Gene Robinson
4. Parasites discover behavioral ecology: How to manage one's host in a complex world, Bernard D. Roitberg
Afterword, Frederique Dubois
5. Manipulation of plant phenotypes by insects and insect-borne pathogens, Mark C. Mescher
Afterword, Pedro Jordano
6. Visual trickery in avian brood parasites, Naomi E. Langmore and Claire N. Spottiswoode
Afterword, Scott V. Edwards
7. Endosymbiotic microbes as adaptive manipulators of arthropod behavior and natural driving sources of host speciation, Wolfgang J. Miller and Daniela Schneider
Afterword, Lee Ehrman
8. Parasites and the superorganism, David P. Hughes
Afterword, Bert Holldobler
9. Ecological consequences of manipulative parasites, Kevin D. Lafferty and Armand M. Kuris
Afterword, Michel Loreau
10. Applied aspects of host manipulation by parasites, Robert Poulin and Edward P. Levri
Afterword, Andrew Read & Victoria Braithwaite
11. Behavioral manipulation outside the world of parasites, Frank Cezilly & Frederic Thomas
Afterword, Alex Kacelnik
Index