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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > ecology > trophic relationships > parasitism > superparasitism
Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > ecology > trophic relationships > parasitism > superparasitism
Preferred Term:

superparasitism

Definition:
Parasitism of a host by more parasites of the same species than can survive to maturity. It can be caused by one ovipositional event, or by subsequent ovipositions by the same female or by conspecific females.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
parasitism
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/56857
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2016-07-15