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| Description: Interactions among species are the threads in the fabric of communities, holding them together and determining their nature Ecologists have organized species interactions into several fundamental categories Competition = relationship where multiple organisms seek the same limited resources: Food, Water, Space, Shelter, Mates, Sunlight Amensalism = variation of a competitive relationship, in which one organism is harmed and the other is apparently unaffected Difficult to pin down Intraspecific competition = among members of the same species High population density = increased competition Interspecific competition = among members of two or more species Can lead to either competitive exclusion or to species coexistence Picture Stats: Views: 270 Filesize: 75.62kB Height: 524 Width: 1294 Source: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=35663 |