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Parasitism and ecosystems

Edited by

Frederic Thomas
Francois renaud

National centre for scientific research, france

Jean-francois guegan

Institut de recherché pour le developpement, france

Contents

Contributors

Introduction-Parasites, diversity, and the ecosystem

1. Linking ecosystem and parasite ecology
2. Are there general laws in parasite community ecology? the emergence of spatial parasitology and epidemiology
3. Parasitism and the regulation of host populations
4. Food web patterns and the parasite's perspective
5. Ecosystems and parasitism: the spatial dimension
6. Parasitism and hostile environments
7. Parasitism and environmental disturbances
8. Parasitism, biodiversity, and conservation
9. Subverting hosts and diverting  ecosystems: an evolutionary modelling perspective
10. Parasitism in man-made ecosystems

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