Community Relationships

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What is intraspecific competition?

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Competition between individuals of the same species for limited resources.

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What is interspecific competition?

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Competition between individuals of different species for limited resources.

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What is mutualism?

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A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit.

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What is commensalism?

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A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.

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What is parasitism?

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A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of the other.

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What is symbiosis?

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A close, interdependent relationship between two species.

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What is the competitive exclusion principle?

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Two species competing for the same resources cannot coexist at constant population values.

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What is an example of mutualism?

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Bees pollinating flowers while obtaining nectar.

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What is an example of commensalism?

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Barnacles attaching to a whale; the barnacle benefits while the whale is unaffected.

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What is an example of parasitism?

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Ticks feeding on the blood of mammals.