8 Questions
Which type of parasite manipulates host behavior to complete their life cycle?
Enslaver parasites
Which type of parasite manipulates host behavior to complete its life cycle?
Enslaver parasites
What is the difference between macro and micro parasites?
Macro parasites live outside the host, while micro parasites live inside the host.
What are some of the defenses that hosts have against parasites?
Immune systems
What are some defenses that hosts have against parasites?
All of the above
How can parasites affect host populations?
Cause host extinction
How can parasites affect host populations?
Reduce host population growth rate, cause host extinction, reduce host geographic range, reduce host abundance, and change host population dynamics
How do hosts defend themselves against parasites?
By using immune systems, biochemical defenses, and defensive symbionts
Study Notes
- Parasitism is when a predator lives in symbiosis with its prey.
- Hosts may have many different parasites that depend on different factors.
- Parasites can be macro or micro, ecto or endo.
- Parasitoids live in close association with their host at the host's expense.
- Enslaver parasites manipulate host behavior to complete their life cycle.
- Hosts have defenses against parasites, including immune systems, biochemical defenses, and defensive symbionts.
- Parasites have mechanisms for host evasion and tolerance.
- Coevolution is involved in host-parasite interactions.
- The dynamics of host-parasite populations can be affected by parasites.
- Parasites can reduce host population growth rate, cause host extinction, reduce host geographic range, reduce host abundance, and change host population dynamics.
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