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| the study of age specific births, deaths, and survivorship |
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| the lifetime patterns of survival, growth, and reproduction of a species |
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| an irreversible increase in mass |
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| the condition of repeated reproductive events in an organism's lifetime |
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| the condition of one reproductive event at a later point after early energy is put into maximizing reproductive growth |
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| the mechanism by which an organism budgets its energy into reproduction and the timing of that reproduction |
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| interaction between individuals of different species |
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| interaction between individuals of the same species |
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| an interaction where one benefits and the other is not impacted |
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| interaction between individuals of different species that benefits both |
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| interaction between two species where both benefit, and one or both can't live without the other |
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| interaction between two individuals where both benefit, and partners can survive without but do best together |
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| the joint evolution of two or more non interbreeding species that share a close ecological relationship and are exposed to similar environmental pressures |
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| predator or parasite that attacks its host indirectly by laying its eggs inside for the young to consume the prey |
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| predator and prey are the same species |
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| higher than average number of parasites |
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| any state in the condition of an organism that deviates from normal |
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| host in which the parasite reaches sexual maturity |
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| host that houses some of the development phases of a parasite |
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