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Ecology
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Study of communities in their habitats and the interactions between them and the environment
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Ecosystems
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a community and the interactions between living organisms and their surroundings
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Endoparasites
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Organisms that live inside other organisms and obtain food from it (aka. Tapeworm)
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Exoparasites
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organisms, such as fleas that live on the exterior of another organism and obtain food from it
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Guilds
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Groups of different species that use similar food resources in a similar way in an ecosystem, such as seed-eating birds
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Haustoria
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Thin strand of tissue through which a plant parasite makes connection with its host
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Hemi-Parasitism
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Form of parasatism in which a plant parasite obtains some nutrients and water from its host plant but also makes some of its own food through photosynthesis
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