Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Evolutionary ecology of parasite diversity. Quantifying parasite diversity / Robert Poulin ; Relationships between parasite diversity and host diversity / Boris R. Krasnov and Rober Poulin ; Patterns of diversity and distribution of aquatic invertebrates and their parasites / Tommy L.F. Leung, Camilo Mora and Klaus Rohde ; Under the changing climate : how shifting geographic distributions and sexual selection shape parasite diversification / Lajos Râozsa, Piotr Tryjanowski and Zoltâan Vas ; Impacts of parasite diversity on wild vertebrates : limited knowledge but important perspectives / Frâedâeric Bordes and Serge Morand -- Part II. The evolutionary history of parasite diversity. Revealing parasite diversity in aquatic environments using brute force molecular techniques and subtle microscopy / Aurâelie Chambouvet, Thomas A. Richards, David Bass and Sigrid Neuhauser ; Evolution of simian retroviruses / Ahidjo Ayouba and Martine Peeters ; The diversity and phylogeny of Rickettsia / Lucy A. Weinert ; Advances in the classification of acanthocephalans : evolutionary history and evolution of the parasitism / Martâin Garcâia-Varela and Gerardo Pâerez-Ponce de Leâon ; The study of primate evolution from a lousy perspective / David L. Reed, Julie M. Allen, Melissa A. Toups, Bret M. Boyd and Marina S. Ascunce ; Host correlates of diversification in avian lice / Lajos Râozsa and Zoltâan Vas ; Evolutionary history of Siphonaptera : fossils, origins, vectors / Katharina Dittmar, Qiyun Zhu, Michael W. Hastriter and Michael F. Whiting ; Bat fly evolution from the Eocene to the present (Hippoboscoidea, Streblidae and Nycteribiidae) / Katharina Dittmar, Solon F. Morse, Carl W. Dick and Bruce D. Patterson ; The evolution of parasitism and host associations in mites / Ashley Dowling ; Nematode life-traits diversity in the light of their phylogenetic diversification / Serge Morand, Steve Nadler and Arne Skorping ; Phylogenetic patterns of diversity in cestodes and trematodes / D. Timothy J. Littlewood, Rodney A. Bray and Andrea Waeschenbach ; Patterns of diversification in Caribbean Anolis lizards / Bryan G. Falk and Susan L. Perkins -- Part III. Combining ecology and phylogenetics. Comparative analysis : recent developments and uses with parasites / Yves Desdevises, Serge Morand, Boris R. Krasnov and Julien Claude ; Phylogenetic signals in ecological properties of parasites / Boris R. Krasnov, Serge Morand and Robert Poulin ; Parasite species coexistence and the evolution of the parasite niche / Andrea éSimkovâa and Serge Morand ; A community perspective on the evolution of virulence / Hadas Hawlena and Frida Ben-Ami ; Host specificity and species jumps in fish-parasite systems / Maarten P.M. Vanhove and Tine Huyse ; When is co-phylogeny evidence of coevolution? / Timothâee Poisot ; Bringing together phylogenies and behaviour in host-parasite interactions / Tania Jenkins and Philippe Christe ; The evolutionary epidemiology of the hepatitis C virus / Peter V. Markov, Rebecca Rose Gray, James Iles and Oliver G. Pybus ; Parasite diversity and diversification : conclusion and perspectives / Armand M. Kuris.