Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments1The Biology of Social Insects32The Parasites and Their Biology243Breaking into the Fortress774Parasites and the Organization of the Colony1195Breeding Strategies and Parasites1636Host-Parasite Dynamics2047Virulence and Resistance2378Social Evolution273App. 1: Glossary287App. 2The Parasites of Social Insects291References325Subject Index381Host Taxonomic Index386Parasite Taxonomic Index393Author Index399

About the Author

Paul Schmid-Hempel is Professor of Experimental Ecology at ETH in Zyrich, Switzerland, and the head of a research group on the evolutionary ecology of host-parasite interactions.