parasitism
Let an agent explain parasitism as a category of species interaction and its many forms, describe examples across animals, plants and microbes, relate it to ecology, evolution and disease, and support learning.
Research draft, second pass
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Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent explain parasitism as a category of species interaction and its many forms, describe examples across animals, plants and microbes, relate it to ecology, evolution and disease, and support learning.
A form of symbiosis in which one organism, the parasite, benefits at the expense of another, the host, including ectoparasitism on the host surface, endoparasitism within the host, micropredation by brief feeding such as by mosquitoes, kleptoparasitism in which food is stolen, brood and social parasitism in which care or labour is exploited as by cuckoos and slave-making ants, and superparasitism in which multiple parasitoids exploit one host; parasitism is one of the most common ways of life and shapes ecology and evolution.
What it is for: Symbiosis benefiting one organism at the expense of another.
It can be explain forms of parasitism; describe examples; relate to ecology and disease; support learning.
Distinguishing features
Asymmetric benefit
Many strategies
Host exploitation
Evolutionary arms races
What it looks like
Not physical as a relation; seen in parasites on or in hosts.
How it is recognised
One organism benefits at host expense
Ecto, endo, klepto, social, brood forms
Predation kills prey outright; mutualism benefits both
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - parasitic worms
is related to - hosts of parasites
is related to - diseases spread by parasitic ticks
In practice
Families and kinds
ectoparasitism and endoparasitism
micropredation
kleptoparasitism
brood and social parasitism
parasitoidism and superparasitism
Standards and regulation
Ecological and parasitological terminology
Public and animal health rules on parasitic disease
No regulation of the concept
Failure modes and hazards
Using parasitism as a metaphor for people
Confusing ecological interaction types
Agents giving medical advice
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.parasitism
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What parasitism is.
Ecology.
Forms
Forms.
Forms
Forms.
- How do ectoparasitism, endoparasitism, micropredation, kleptoparasitism, brood and social parasitism and superparasitism differ? definition
- Which form is meant? boundary
Examples
Examples.
Examples
Examples.
- What are notable examples, from cuckoos and slave-making ants to tapeworms and mosquitoes? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific parasite? action
Evolution Ecology and evolution.
Science.
Arms
Coevolution.
Arms
Coevolution.
- How do hosts and parasites coevolve, and how do social parasites deceive their hosts? provenance
- Which entry fits coevolution? action
Ecosystems
Ecosystem roles.
Ecosystems
Ecosystems.
- How does parasitism regulate populations and structure food webs? provenance
- Which entry fits food webs? action
Health Parasites and disease.
General information.
Disease
Parasitic disease.
Disease
Disease.
- Which parasitic relationships cause human, animal and plant disease, and how are they controlled, according to health bodies? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own infection, which needs a clinician? boundary
Agriculture
Agriculture.
Agriculture
Agriculture.
- How are parasitoids used in biological control, and how are parasites managed in livestock? provenance
- Which entry fits biological control? action
Learn History and teaching.
Education.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the study of parasitism develop? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can parasitism be taught without misleading metaphors? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each form be a separate entry?
- How should ecology resources be linked?
- How should this entry relate to the general parasitism entry?