Frequencies

Parasites General Comprehensive

112 120 125 128 152 1550 1864 20 2112 240 2400 2720 334 422 4412 442 465 5000 524 64 644 651 688 712 72 728 732 800 854 880 96

Notes

Parasites General Comprehensive

micropredation.Like predation, parasitism is a type of consumer-resource interaction, but unlike predators, parasites, with the exception of parasitoids, are typically much smaller than their hosts, do not kill them, and often live in or on their hosts for an extended period. Parasites of animals are highly specialised, and reproduce at a faster rate than their hosts. Classic examples include interactions between vertebrate hosts and tapeworms, flukes, the malaria-causing Plasmodium species, and fleas.