host manipulation by parasites david p. hughes, jacques brodeur, and fr eacute;d eacute;ric thomas, eds oxford university press, uk - cloutier.Image.Marked文档.pdfVIP

Evolutionary Applications Evolutionary Applications ISSN 1752-4571 BOOK RE VIEW Host manipulation by parasites David P. Hughes, Jacques Brodeur, and Frederic Thomas, eds Oxford University Press, UK The book is a beautiful combination of expert thinking and port is that relatively small parasites, which reproduce in knowledge on parasites exploiting multicellular host indi- the host, are selected more rapidly and evolve more often viduals, populations, societies and communities, as their to sympatric speciation. Compilations by Moore indicate ecosystem. The book comprises eleven chapters by expert that parasites and their altered hosts became popular in behavioural ecologists as main authors, each one appended the late 1900’s, following the birth of many ecology jour- by an afterword from a nonbehavioural ecologist, a briefer nals. Moore reviews altered host behaviours that do not reflection on the main authors’ treatment. Reading this benefit parasites, such as vertebrate avoidance/defence book can entertain any biologist’s curiosity for the ubiqui- against biting flies, self-medication and grooming, anor- tous phenomenon of parasitism, and especially animal exia, sleep and ‘depression’ redirecting host resources to behaviour manipulation by microbial or animal parasites. I combat pathogens and ectotherms’ behavioural fever with would recommend it or at least parts of it as reading to similar effects. Moore says we must thank behavioural undergraduates taking introductory zoology, or as a main