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fecundity compensation: a standalone construct

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Parasitology

a host response to parasitism in which reproduction is shifted earlier or increased before the parasite reduces future reproduction.

In parasitology, fecundity compensation refers to a host response to parasitism in which reproduction is shifted earlier or increased before the parasite reduces future reproduction. This meaning comes from Minchella (1985) in Parasitology.[1]

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compensation2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs fecundity2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, opposite meanings future3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Minchella, D. J. (1985). Host life-history variation in response to parasitism. Parasitology, 90(1), 205-216. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000049143

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