Parasites Are Like Predators in That They

question 48

Multiple Choice

Parasites are like predators in that they:

• A) Can reduce the competitive impacts of otherwise dominant competitors
• B) Can reduce the fitness of the organism on which they are preying upon or parasitizing
• C) Typically remove one individual from a population
• D) There impacts are not at all similar

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Beta

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Adjustment Technique

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Monthly Observations

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