FOREST ECOLOGY
FOREST SUCCESSION
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Question
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Both feed on the host’s fluids
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Both feed on nutrients that are ingested by the host.
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Both live in the tissues and organs of the host.
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Both harm their host.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Both endoparasites and ectoparasites maintain parasitism between host and parasite. Also, both parasites benefit at the expenses of the host. Similarly, both cause harm to their host organisms. Furthermore, both are heterotrophs.
Detailed explanation-2: -Endoparasites are parasites that live within the body of its host. Ectoparasites live outside the body of the host. A female mosquito would be an ectoparasite because it lives off of blood by sucking it up from the outside. Endoparasites – Yes, these are inside the host.
Detailed explanation-3: -They can cause severe disease to the host. Many are highly resistant to environmental degradation and can cause widespread contamination of the environment if not controlled. They may be zoonotic or transmit zoonotic infections. They may interfere with the human – animal bond.
Detailed explanation-4: -Endoparasites live inside an organism, and ectoparasites live on the surface of the host. Parasites can be carnivorous if living with animals or herbivorous if living with plants.