Micromammals and Macroparasites: From Evolutionary Ecology to Management

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Micromammals and macroparasites: Who is who and how do they interact?....Pages 3-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Digenean trematodes....Pages 13-23
Cestodes of small mammals: Taxonomy and life cycles....Pages 29-62
Nematodes....Pages 63-79
Acanthocephalans....Pages 81-89
Taxonomy, host associations, life cycles and vectorial importance of ticks parasitizing small mammals....Pages 91-102
Mesostigmatid mites as parasites of small mammals: Systematics, ecology, and the evolution of parasitic associations....Pages 103-117
Taxonomy, life cycles and the origin of parasitism in trombiculid mites....Pages 119-140
Blood-sucking lice (Anoplura) of small mammals: True parasites....Pages 141-160
Fleas: Permanent satellites of small mammals....Pages 161-177
Bat flies: Obligate ectoparasites of bats....Pages 179-194
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Patterns of macroparasite diversity in small mammals....Pages 197-231
Patterns of host specificity in parasites exploiting small mammals....Pages 233-256
Coevolution of macroparasites and their small mammalian hosts: Cophylogeny and coadaptation....Pages 257-276
Comparative phylogeography: The use of parasites for insights into host history....Pages 277-293
Insularity and micromammal-macroparasite relationships....Pages 295-315
Front Matter....Pages 317-317
Models for host-macroparasite interactions in micromammals....Pages 319-348
Transmission ecology and the structure of parasite communities in small mammals....Pages 349-369
Effect of macroparasites on the energy budget of small mammals....Pages 371-399
Immunogenetics of micromammalmacroparasite interactions....Pages 401-442
Front Matter....Pages 317-317
Interactions among immune, endocrine, and behavioural response to infection....Pages 443-473
Behaviour, life history strategies and parasite infection in rodents....Pages 475-511
Front Matter....Pages 513-513
Nematode zoonoses....Pages 515-526
Rodents as definitive hosts of Schistosoma , with special reference to S. mansoni transmission....Pages 527-543
Towards understanding the impacts of environmental variation on Echinococcus multilocularis transmission....Pages 545-564
Parasites and pest population management....Pages 565-591
Biological conservation and parasitism....Pages 593-613
Front Matter....Pages 615-615
Global changes and the future of micromammal-macroparasite interactions....Pages 617-635
Back Matter....Pages 637-647