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closeParasitic or Parasitoid?
Posted by ueyfd on 17 Feb 2012 at 03:03 GMT
I teach my students that this relationship is parasitoid. Your response, please?
RE: Parasitic or Parasitoid?
tairavis replied to ueyfd on 03 Sep 2012 at 03:17 GMT
You are correct - the relationship is parasitoidic. We use the word "parasite" as a catch-all for parasitic and parasitoidic relationships for ease of reading, but the paper does contain instances where "parasitoid" would be a more accurate description.
RE: RE: Parasitic or Parasitoid?
tairavis replied to tairavis on 03 Sep 2012 at 03:21 GMT
Forgot to mention I'm a co-author in previous post.