Parasitism - The Diversity and Ecology of Animal Parasites - Grand Format

Timothy M. Goater is Professor and former Chair in the Biology Department at Vancouver Island University, British Columbia, Canada. During the past 20 years he has taught courses in introductory biology, parasitology, ecological parasitology, invertebrate zoology, and entomology. His research interests focus on the population and community ecology of parasites. Cameron P. Goater is Associate Professor and former Chair in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
His parasitological research roots are in the community ecology of helminths of waterfowl on the Canadian prairies, and over the past 15 years he has taught courses in introductory biology, invertebrate biology, field biology, and symbiotic interactions. His current research interests are in the experimental ecology of helminth-host interactions. Gerald W. Esch is Charles M. Allen Professor of Biology at Wake Forest University, North Carolina, USA, where he has taught for 47 years.
He is widely regarded to be one of the world's leading ecological parasitologists, and served as Editor of the Journal of Parasitology for 19 years.