Producers and Scroungers: Strategies of Exploitation and Parasitism

by C J Barnard and C.J. Barnard

Many associations between organisms, both intra-and interspecific, can be usefully regarded as 'producer/scrounger' (P/S) relationships. One or more individuals or species (scroungers) within the association in some way use the behavioural or physiological investment of others (pro- ducers) to reduce their costs of obtaining a limited resource. Examples are legion: many parasites take up more or less permanent residence in or on a host individual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461597862
• ISBN13: 9781461597865
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"