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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. ecology
  3. trophic relationships
  4. parasitism
  5. superparasitism
  1. Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
  2. ecology
  3. trophic relationships
  4. parasitism
  5. superparasitism

Preferred term

superparasitism

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information 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.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

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https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/56857

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