Ecology of the Acanthocephala

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Cambridge University Press, Sep 7, 2006 - Science
Acanthocephalans, or spiny-headed worms, are endoparasites found in almost all marine, freshwater and terrestrial systems. They infect a huge range of definitive and intermediate hosts during their life cycles, including both vertebrates and arthropods. This volume, first published in 2006, examines the distribution and abundance of the Acanthocephala, and uses this ecological information to reveal the group's enormous survival success. It discusses how the acanthocephalans have evolved differently to all other groups of parasites, and represent a distinct and alternative pathway of parasite evolution and host parasite-interactions. Written for graduate students and researchers in parasitology, ecology and zoology or anyone interested in reading about parasite ecology and evolution.
 

Contents

Section 1
7
Section 2
12
Section 3
28
Section 4
39
Section 5
52
Section 6
78
Section 7
80
Section 8
81
Section 10
107
Section 11
125
Section 12
142
Section 13
144
Section 14
158
Section 15
175
Section 16
179
Section 17
181

Section 9
101
Section 18
200

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