Micromammals and Macroparasites

and definitions.- Micromammals and macroparasites: Who is who and how do they interact?.- Major taxa parasitic on micromammals.- Digenean trematodes.- Cestodes of small mammals: Taxonomy and life cycles.- Nematodes.- Acanthocephalans.- Taxonomy, host associations, life cycles and vectorial importance of ticks parasitizing small mammals.- Mesostigmatid mites as parasites of small mammals: Systematics, ecology, and the evolution of parasitic associations.- Taxonomy, life cycles and the origin of parasitism in trombiculid mites.- Blood-sucking lice (Anoplura) of small mammals: True parasites.- Fleas: Permanent satellites of small mammals.- Bat flies: Obligate ectoparasites of bats.- Patterns.- Patterns of macroparasite diversity in small mammals.- Patterns of host specificity in parasites exploiting small mammals.- Coevolution of macroparasites and their small mammalian hosts: Cophylogeny and coadaptation.- Comparative phylogeography: The use of parasites for insights into host history.- Insularity and micromammal-macroparasite relationships.- Processes.- Models for host-macroparasite interactions in micromammals.- Transmission ecology and the structure of parasite communities in small mammals.- Effect of macroparasites on the energy budget of small mammals.- Immunogenetics of micromammalmacroparasite interactions.- Interactions among immune, endocrine, and behavioural response to infection.- Behaviour, life history strategies and parasite infection in rodents.- Management and Case Studies.- Nematode zoonoses.- Rodents as definitive hosts of Schistosoma, with special reference to S. mansoni transmission.- Towards understanding the impacts of environmental variation on Echinococcus multilocularis transmission.- Parasites and pest population management.- Biological conservation and parasitism.- Conclusion.- Global changes and the future of micromammal-macroparasite interactions.