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Parasite Biodiversity. By R. Poulin and S. Morand, pp. 216. Smithsonian Institution Books, Washington D.C., 2004. ISBN 1 58834 170 4. US$50.00

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 October 2005

R. A. BRAY
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD

Extract

Readers approaching this book should not expect a review of the diverse forms of parasitic organisms or a series of illustrations of the extraordinary adaptations parasitism has provided. This is a book of theory and graph, of generalization and synthesis. It is aimed at a broad audience, with the hope that the reader ‘when later gazing at a bird gliding overhead, will see not just the bird, but will also see (or at least imagine!) the flying assemblage of parasite species’.

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Book Review
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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