Product Description: Uncover the Diamonds is about a typical teenage girl’s life. A group of girls are on a basketball team sponsored by their church. They all appear to live normal lives in loving homes. Neither the coach nor Pastor Brown is aware that the girls have serious family issues...read more

Product Description: When a parasite invades an ant, does the ant behave like other ants? Maybe not-and if it doesn't, who, if anyone, benefits from the altered behaviors? The parasite? The ant? Parasites and the Behavior of Animals shows that parasite-induced behavioral alterations are more common than we might realize, and it places these alterations in an evolutionary and ecological context...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This is a question-oriented volume with a solid organismal foundation that will help to bridge the gap between evolutionary ecologists and parasitologists. A range of experts have written chapters that review general concepts and provide a detailed survey of the parasites of a major group of hosts...read more