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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Define the different forms of community interaction: competition, commensalism, mutualism, predation, parasitism

Competition:
In ecology, the interaction between two or more organisms, or groups of organisms, that use a common resource in short supply. 

CommensalismIn ecology, commensalism is a class of relationship between two organisms where one organism benefits but the other is neutral 


 Mutualism- Mutualism is the way two organisms biologically interact where each individual derives a fitness benefit

Parasitism- A type of symbiotic relationship between organisms of different species where one organism, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the other, the host.