Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Introduction
Part I: General Principles
Chapter 2 - Parasite-mediated natural selection
Chapter 3 - Immune defence: genetic control
Chapter 4 - Behavioural defence
Chapter 5 - Parasite-mediated sexual selection: endocrine aspects
Chapter 6 - Parasitism and the evolution of host life history
Chapter 7 - Host-parasite processes and demographic consequences
Chapter 8 - The role of parasites in bird conservation
Chapter 9 - Community ecology of parasites and free-living animals
Chapter 10 - Comparative studies of host parasite communities
Chapter 11 - Host-parasite cospeciation: history, principles and prospects
Chapter 12 - Host-parasite cospeciation, host switching and missing the boat
Part II: Avian Models
Chapter 13 - Birds as habitat for parasites
Chapter 14 - Viruses, bacteria and fungi of birds
r s1hapter 15 - Protozoa, helminths and arthropods of birds
Chapter 16 - Avian brood parasites
Chapter 17 - Conclusion: Evolution of host-parasite interactions

Reviews

`impressive synthesis of recent advances ... This volume also serves as a guide to carrying out studies on host-parasite interactions. Some essential techniques are clearly explained. This excellent work will stimulate researchers in the fields of evolutionary biology, parasitology, community and population biology and conservation biology.'
A.K. Lindholm, 1997 British Ecological Society Journal of Animal Ecology 66