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单词 parasitism
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parasitism
noun[U]
uk
/ˈpær.ə.sɪ.tɪ.zəm/us
/ˈper.ə.sɪ.tɪ.zəm/
thefactof oneanimalorplantlivingon or in anotheranimalorplantof a differenttypeandfeedingfrom it:
Noeggparasitism wasdetectedin thisstudy.
In manycasesparasitism hassevereandevenfatalconsequencesfor thehost.
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  • Theexactrateof parasitism is ofgreatimportancein makingdecisionsabout whether or when toapplyinsecticides.
  • Mortality wascausedby avarietyoffactors,includingparasitism.
  • All fivespeciesoflargebluebutterfliesinEuropeengagein thisformof parasitism onredants.
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(Definition ofparasitismfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

parasitism| American Dictionary

parasitism
noun[U]
us/ˈpær·ə·saɪˌt̬ɪz·əm,-ˌsɪˌt̬ɪz·əm/
biology
therelationshipthatexistsbetweenparasites
(Definition ofparasitismfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Parasitismis reported as low, often with no response to host density and unlikely to have an impact upon the host population.
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In the present study, both discovery andparasitismefficiency decreased with increasing egg batch density.
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Levels of natural populations of larval parasitoids were measured by theirparasitismrate.
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No differences were found among the mixed cropping treatments andparasitismwas lower during the long compared to the short rainy seasons.
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A host's ability to counter the negative aspects ofparasitismcould depend upon a multitude of variables.
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Post-parasitoid emergence, vacated hosts continued to consume very small quantities of food until their death, at 10-12 days postparasitism.
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The text is organised into five parts, taking the reader through the sequence of events leading to successfulparasitism.
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Early in the season, clusterparasitismincreased continuously over a period of five weeks.
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Despite this accumulating evidence, it is still difficult to assess just how importantparasitismis for community structure for at least two reasons.
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At the same time, recent research has highlighted the role ofparasitismin the dynamics of animal populations and the structure of animal communities.
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This value is somewhat lower than the average 23%parasitismobserved in the field for egg batches of a comparable size (fig. 2).
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Some of the attacked nymphs died and desiccated during the rearing process and thus could not be dissected forparasitism.
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Two of the three field studies using markrecapture techniques assessed host mortality and showed that host survival decreased as a consequence ofparasitism.
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The last review of this section concerns socialparasitism, in various forms, in ant species.
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Finally, we put this information together in a discussion of the impact ofparasitismat the community level.
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