Predator - Prey Relationships
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The relationship between predators and their prey is an intricate and
complicated relationship; covering a great area of scientific knowledge. This
paper will examine the different relationships between predator and prey;
focusing on the symbiotic relations between organisms, the wide range of def ....
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.... in or on the host animal or animal of the other
population(Boughey 1973). No known organism escapes being a victim of
parasitism(Brum 1989).
Parasitism is similar to preditation in the sense that the parasite derives
nourishment from the host on which it feeds and the predator derives nourishment
from the prey on which it feeds(Nitecki 1983). Parasitism is different from
most normal predator prey situations because many different parasites can feed
off of just one host but very few predat ....
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