Parasites have evolved numerous complex and fascinating ways of interacting with their hosts the subject attracts the interest of numerous biologists from the perspective of ecology and behavioral biology as well as from those concerned with more applied aspects of parasitology however until now there has been no recent book to synthesize this field. The behavioural ecology of parasites description this book addresses the behavioural adaptations of parasites across a broad range of taxa including parasitoid wasps entomopathogenic nematodes seed feeding insects and plant parasitic nematodes. The behavioural ecology of parasites november 2002 transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene 966599 599 doi 101016 s0035 92030290322 6 authors phil whitfield . This book addresses the behavioural adaptations of parasites across a broad range of taxa including parasitoid wasps entomopathogenic nematodes seed feeding insects and plant parasitic nematodes the chapters emphasize the fundamental principles of parasitism and address the diversity and sophistication of parasite behavioural adaptations