Parasites in Social Insects /

Parasites in Social Insects / / Paul Schmid-Hempel.

This book analyzes for the first time how parasites shape the biology of social insects: the ants, wasps, bees, and termites. Paul Schmid-Hempel provides an overview of the existing knowledge of parasites in social insects. Current ideas are evaluated using a broad database, and the role of parasite...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Schmid-Hempel, Paul,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]
©1999
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Monographs in Behavior and Ecology ; 60
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Physical Description:1 online resource (392 p.) :; 8 halftones 67 line drawings 34 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • 1. The Biology of Social Insects
  • 2. The Parasites and Their Biology
  • 3. Breaking into the Fortress
  • 4. Parasites and the Organization of the Colony
  • 5. Breeding Strategies and Parasites
  • 6. Host-Parasite Dynamics
  • 7. Virulence and Resistance
  • 8. Social Evolution
  • Appendix 1. Glossary
  • Appendix 2. The Parasites of Social Insects
  • References
  • Subject Index
  • Host Taxonomic Index
  • Parasite Taxonomic Index
  • Author Index

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