Ecological parasitology

Parasitology is divided into three major branches of study helminthology (parasitic worms), entomology (insect parasites), and protozoology (parasitic protozoa). Each field is further divided into specialties, of which the most important are medical, agricultural, and ecological parasitology. 

Ecological Parasitology. Ecological parasitologists investigate the role of parasites in nature. This includes making field observations of the various methods parasites use to survive in their environments and their ultimate effect on the evolution of species. 

Moore, Janice. Parasites and the Behavior of Animals. 2002. Reprint. New York Oxford University Press, 2005. An interesting look at a variety of parasites and other animals, written for the general reader contains information about medical, agricultural, and ecological parasitology. 

Jacquiet, P., Humbert, J.F., Comes, A.M., Cabaret, J., Thiam, A. and Cheikh, D. (1995) Ecological, morphological and genetic characterization of sympatric Haemonchus spp. parasites of domestic ruminants in Mauritania. Parasitology 110, 483-492. 

Gemmil, AW., Viney, M.E. and Read, A.F. (2000) The evolutionary ecology of host-specificity experimental studies with Strongyloides ratti. Parasitology 120, 429-437. 

Strong L. (1993). Overview The impact of avermectins on pastureland ecology. Veterinary Parasitology 48 3-17. 

Morand, S. and Poulin, R. (2003) Phylogenies, the comparative method and parasite evolutionary ecology. Advances in Parasitology 54, 281-302. 

Williams, H.H. (1966) The ecology, functional morphology and taxonomy of Echeneibothrium Beneden, 1849 (Cestoda Tetraphyl lidea), a revision of the genus and comments on Discobothrium Beneden, 1870 Pseudanthobothrium Baer, 1956 and Phormobothrium Alexander, 1963. Parasitology 56, 227-285. 

Harris, P.D. (1998) Ecological and genetic evidence for clonal reproduction in Cyrodactylus gasterostei Glaser, 1 974. International Journal for Parasitology 28, 1 595-1 607. 

Jenkins, D.J. and Macpherson, C.N. (2003) Transmission ecology of Echinococcus in wild-life in Australia and Africa. Parasitology 127, 63-72. 

Kennedy, C. R. (1976). Ecological aspects of parasitology. North-Holland Amsterdam Oxford. 

Mettrick, D. F. Podesta, R. B. (1974). Ecological and physiological aspects of helminth-host interactions in the mammalian gastrointestinal canal. Advances in Parasitology, 12 183-278. 

The vast literature on the muskrat mentioned before, as summarized by Errington (27) and Hoffmann (19) mainly concerns ecology, taxonomy, anatomy, parasitology and economy. Only a few chemical studies have been carried out and the interest in the biological functions of the components found in the gland secretion seemed to be negligible. 

Kearn, G. C. (1976) Body surface of fishes. In Ecological Aspects of Parasitology (ed. Kennedy, C. R.), North-Holland, Amsterdam, pp. 185 205. 

Dept, of Ecology and Parasitology, University of Karlsruhe KornblumenstraEe 13 76128 Karlsruhe Germany... 

Ecology is the most obvious discipline affected by the inability to correctly identify organisms, but obviously all field studies (behaviour, genetics, parasitology, demography, etc.) depend on a capacity to recognize taxa in other words, to be able to practice taxonomy, at least at a basic level Evolutionary studies are also involved. Thus the adaptationist... 

Monis PT, Andrews RH, and Saint CP (2002) Molecular biology techniques in parasite ecology. International Journal for Parasitology 32 551-562. 

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