Advanced Ecology

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What is a parasitoid?
Parasitoids are insects whose larvae live as parasites and always kill their hosts
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What is a parasite?
A parasite has one host that is seldom killed
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What kind of parasite depends on their host to live out their entire lifecycle?
Obligate parasite
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What kind of parasite is normally freeliving but spends some of their lifecycle in a host?
Facultative parasite
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What kind of parasite will take advantage of a hosts weaknesses?
Opportunistic parasite
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What is the case study for obligatory parasitism?
Dog Tapeworm
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What is the case study for facultative parasitism?
Brain eating Amoeba
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Whats the difference between a mechanical and biological vector?
A parasite will undergo a developmental stage during its time on a biological vector
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In what host does the parasite reproduce sexually?
Definitive host
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What kind of host is the 'natural host'?
Reservoir host
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What can a mechanical vector also be called?
A paratenic host
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Bacteria, viruses and amoeba are examples of...
Microparasites
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Nematodes, helmids and arthropods are examples of...
Macroparasites
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Which kind of parasites live extra- or intracellularly?
Endoparasites
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Where do ectoparasites usually inhabit?
The epidermis or fur
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