Overview

Interactions between competitors, predators and their prey have traditionally been seen as the foundation of community structure. Parasites - long ignored in community ecology and the care necessary bio-security are now recognised to play an important role in influencing species interactions and, consequently affecting the functioning of the ecosystem. Parasitism can interact with other ecological drivers, resulting in both adverse and beneficial effects on biodiversity and ecosystem health. Species interactions involving parasites are also keys to understanding many biological invasions and emerging infectious diseases. This book bridges the gap between ecology and epidemiology community to create a comprehensive examination of how parasites and pathogens affect all aspects of ecological communities, enabling a new generation of environmentalists to include parasites as a key element in their studies may be parasites human or animal, terrestrial or aquatic environments.

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Author:   Gilmar S Erzinger
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   0.712kg
ISBN:  

9781622576920

ISBN 10:   1622576926
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   06 February 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Preface; Contributors; Malaria & Dengue: Epidemiology, Control, Life Cycle of the Vector & Biosafety in Parasitology Labs; Photodynamic Destruction of Mosquito Larvae Using Chlorophyll Derivates as Photosensitizers; Transport of Essential Metabolites in Trypanosomatids; Peptidases in Parasitic Nematodes A Review; Fasciola: Parasite Biology, Disease & Control; Protozoan Parasite Detection & Classification Techniques of Microscope Images for Computer-Aided Diagnosis; LACTOFERRIN: A Protein of the Innate Immune System Capable of Killing Parasitic Protozoax; Experimental & Natural Infections of House Flies (Musca Domestica) with the Larval Stage of Habronema Muscae (Nematoda: Habronematidae) a Parasite of Equids; Community Ecology of Metazoan Parasites in the Red Rockfish Sebastes Miniatus from Baja California, Mexico; The Forming & Functioning of Parasite Communities in Age Series of Hosts; Index.

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