Parasites in Social Insects (eBook)

Paul Schmid-Hempel (Autor)

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2019
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-20685-1 (ISBN)

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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 parasites for the evolution and maintenance of the social organization and biology of insects is carefully scrutinized. In addition, the author develops new insights, especially in his examination of the intricate relationships between parasites and their social hosts through the rigorous use of evolutionary and ecological concepts. Schmid-Hempel identifies gaps in our knowledge about parasites in social insects and uses models to develop new questions for future research. In addition, issues that are usually considered separately--such as division of labor, genetics, immunology, and epidemiology--are placed in a common framework to analyze two of the most successful adaptations of life: parasitism and sociality. This work will appeal not only to practitioners in the fields of behavioral ecology and sociobiology, but also to others interested in host-parasite relationships or in social organisms, such as apiculturists struggling to overcome the problems arising from mite infestations of honeybee colonies.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.12.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Monographs in Behavior and Ecology
• Reihe/Serie: Monographs in Behavior and Ecology
• Zusatzinfo: 8 halftones 67 line drawings 34 tables
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Schlagworte: Africanized bee • ambrosia beetle • American foulbrood • Ant • ant colony • Anthomyiidae • aphid • Apidae • Apoidea • Arachnid • Army ant • Bacteria • bark beetle • Beehive • Black garden ant • Bombini • Bombus terrestris • Brood (honey bee) • Brood parasite • Bumblebee • Carpenter ant • Caterpillar • chickenpox • Chronic bee paralysis virus • Cricket paralysis virus • crustacean • Cytoplasmic incompatibility • deformed wing virus • diphtheria • Entomology • entomopathogenic fungus • Entomophthorales • Eusociality • Evolution of sexual reproduction • Facultative parasite • Fire ant • flatworm • Fungi imperfecti • fungus • Gaster (insect anatomy) • genetic drift • Harvester ant • honey bee • Host (biology) • Hymenoptera • Ichneumonidae • Inbreeding • inbreeding avoidance • Infection • infestation • insect • Insect wing • Invertebrate • larva • Leafcutter ant • Leafhopper • Malaria • mating • Meat ant • Metarhizium anisopliae • Microorganism • Microsporidia • Microstigmus • Mite • Myrmecia (ant) • Nematode • Nosema apis • Paper wasp • Parasitic castration • Parasitic disease • parasitism • Parasitoid • Parasitoid wasp • pathogen • Petiole (insect anatomy) • phagocytosis • Pheromone • Polyandry • polygynandry • Polymorphism (biology) • predation • Protozoan infection • pupa • Sexual Selection • Social behavior • Social spider • Solenopsis molesta • species complex • Spiroplasma • stingless bee • Strepsiptera • Swarming (honey bee) • Tapeworm infection • Termite • Trophallaxis • Vespula vulgaris • Virus • Wasp • Weaver ant • worker bee
• ISBN-10: 0-691-20685-6 / 0691206856
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-20685-1 / 9780691206851