Parasite diversity and diversification : evolutionary ecology meets phylogenetics / [edited by] Serge Morand, Boris R. Krasnov and D. Timothy J. Littlewood.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Evolutionary ecology of parasite diversity.
1. Quantifying parasite diversity / Robert Poulin ;
2. Relationships between parasite diversity and host diversity / Boris R. Krasnov and Rober Poulin ;
3. Patterns of diversity and distribution of aquatic invertebrates and their parasites / Tommy L.F. Leung, Camilo Mora and Klaus Rohde ;
4. Under the changing climate : how shifting geographic distributions and sexual selection shape parasite diversification / Lajos Raozsa, Piotr Tryjanowski and Zoltaan Vas ;
5. Impacts of parasite diversity on wild vertebrates : limited knowledge but important perspectives / Fraedaeric Bordes and Serge Morand --
Part II. The evolutionary history of parasite diversity.
6. Revealing parasite diversity in aquatic environments using brute force molecular techniques and subtle microscopy / Auraelie Chambouvet, Thomas A. Richards, David Bass and Sigrid Neuhauser ;
7. Evolution of simian retroviruses / Ahidjo Ayouba and Martine Peeters ;
8. The diversity and phylogeny of Rickettsia / Lucy A. Weinert ; 9. Advances in the classification of acanthocephalans : evolutionary history and evolution of the parasitism / Martain Garcaia-Varela and Gerardo Paerez-Ponce de Leâon ;
10. The study of primate evolution from a lousy perspective / David L. Reed, Julie M. Allen, Melissa A. Toups, Bret M. Boyd and Marina S. Ascunce ;
11. Host correlates of diversification in avian lice / Lajos Raozsa and Zoltâan Vas ;
12. Evolutionary history of Siphonaptera : fossils, origins, vectors / Katharina Dittmar, Qiyun Zhu, Michael W. Hastriter and Michael F. Whiting ;
13. Bat fly evolution from the Eocene to the present (Hippoboscoidea, Streblidae and Nycteribiidae) / Katharina Dittmar, Solon F. Morse, Carl W. Dick and Bruce D. Patterson ; 14. The evolution of parasitism and host associations in mites / Ashley Dowling ;
15. Nematode life-traits diversity in the light of their phylogenetic diversification / Serge Morand, Steve Nadler and Arne Skorping ;
16. Phylogenetic patterns of diversity in cestodes and trematodes / D. Timothy J. Littlewood, Rodney A. Bray and Andrea Waeschenbach ;
17. Patterns of diversification in Caribbean Anolis lizards / Bryan G. Falk and Susan L. Perkins --
Part III. Combining ecology and phylogenetics.
18. Comparative analysis : recent developments and uses with parasites / Yves Desdevises, Serge Morand, Boris R. Krasnov and Julien Claude ;
19. Phylogenetic signals in ecological properties of parasites / Boris R. Krasnov, Serge Morand and Robert Poulin ;
20. Parasite species coexistence and the evolution of the parasite niche / Andrea Simkovaa and Serge Morand ;
21. A community perspective on the evolution of virulence / Hadas Hawlena and Frida Ben-Ami ;
22. Host specificity and species jumps in fish-parasite systems / Maarten P.M. Vanhove and Tine Huyse ;
23. When is co-phylogeny evidence of coevolution? / Timothaee Poisot ;
24. Bringing together phylogenies and behaviour in host-parasite interactions / Tania Jenkins and Philippe Christe ;
25. The evolutionary epidemiology of the hepatitis C virus /
26. Parasite diversity and diversification : conclusion and perspectives / Armand M. Kuris.

This book brings together two active fields of research, phylogenetics and evolutionary ecology, to reveal and explain the patterns of parasite diversity and the diversification of their hosts.