parasitism: References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Parasitism. | Oct 10, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at University of Nebraska - Lincoln - Parasitism, the Diversity of Life, and Paleoparasitology (PDF). | Apr 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - The Power of Parasites and Worms. | Nov 27, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Biology Letters - Independent origins of parasitism in Animalia. | Sep 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Parasitism: the good, the bad and the ugly. | Apr 10, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Parasites. | Dec 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: NC State University Libraries - Parasitism and Mutualism. | Sep 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - Ecological Consequences of Parasitism. | May 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Parasitism. | Feb 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Definitions of parasitism, considering its potentially opposing effects at different levels of hierarchical organization. | Sep 15, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Australian Museum - What is a parasite? | Apr 10, 2022 | ||
| Identified several groups of insects that have members that are parasitoids. | May 29, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 07, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jan 03, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: New England Complex Systems Institute - Parasitic Relationship. | Mar 10, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Parasite. | Mar 10, 2016 | ||
| Diagrams of the deer tick life cycle and malaria cycles added. | Nov 09, 2015 | ||
| Text describing sexual parasitism added. | Nov 09, 2015 | ||
| Diagram of two types of parasitoids added. | Nov 09, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of California Museum of Paleontology - Crustaceamorpha: Parasitism. | Sep 14, 2015 | ||
| Text clarifying the examples of brood parasitism added. | May 05, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Examples of Parasitism. | Jan 01, 2014 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 07, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 16, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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