Types of interspecific
interactions
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Symbiont 1 |
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0 (neutral) |
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Symbiont 2 |
- (survival compromised) |
Competition:
It won’t last forever, because of character displacement and resource partitioning:
Figure 7.3, from Dodson, Stanley. (2005). Introduction to Limnology. McGraw-Hill Publishers, New York.
Figure 7.4, from Dodson, Stanley. (2005). Introduction to Limnology. McGraw-Hill Publishers, New York. |
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0 (neutral) |
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+ (survival enhanced) |
Predation:
Parasitism: Body louse
Parasitism can drive populations from asexual to sexual reproduction for increasing genetic diversity across generations: |
Commensalism: Barnacles on limpet shell:
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Mutualism: Clownfish in sea anemone tentacles:
Flagellates in termite gut, genus Pyrsonympha:
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