Parasites in social insects
Auteur :
Schmid-Hempel, Paul
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691059242
Date de publication :
22 nov. 1998
Dimensions :
25,4 x 19,7 cm
Poids :
567 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Analyzes how parasites shape the biology of social insects: the ants, wasps, bees, and termites. This book places the issues such as division of labor, genetics, immunology, and epidemiology in a common framework to examine two of the most successful adaptations of life: parasitism and sociality.