PARASITES: SOME ASPECTS OF SURVIVAL STRATEGY

Ermolenko A.V., Candidate O.S.I.B.S.R.

Vestnik of the Far East Branch of the Russian academy of sciences 2024; (2): 145-158

Due of the features of ontogeny of parasites and their specific habitat (other living organisms) the usual methods for free-living forms of maintaining the stability and prosperity - increasing number of specimen and increasing fecundity, coupled the expansion of the areas - usually turn out to be partially or completely unsuitable. To overcome this impasse, parasites use other ways, some of which are considered in this article.

DOI 10.31857/S0869769824020132

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