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Inter-Specific Relationships: Competition Grazing Predation Parasitism Mutualism

The document defines and provides examples of different types of inter-specific relationships between animal species including competition, grazing, predation, parasitism, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, competition, and neutralism. Competition occurs when animals feed on the same resources. Grazing benefits only the grazing animal. Predation involves an animal feeding on other animals. Parasitism involves one species living off another and potentially killing the host. Mutualism benefits both species, like hummingbirds and flowers. Commensalism benefits one species without affecting the other. Neutralism does not affect either species.

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Inter-Specific Relationships: Competition Grazing Predation Parasitism Mutualism

The document defines and provides examples of different types of inter-specific relationships between animal species including competition, grazing, predation, parasitism, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, competition, and neutralism. Competition occurs when animals feed on the same resources. Grazing benefits only the grazing animal. Predation involves an animal feeding on other animals. Parasitism involves one species living off another and potentially killing the host. Mutualism benefits both species, like hummingbirds and flowers. Commensalism benefits one species without affecting the other. Neutralism does not affect either species.

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Mutualism Parasitism Commensalism Neutralism Parasitism Competition

Competition These animals can be classified as competition because they both feed of the same animal so they compete for food supply.

Grazing A goat can be a grazer since it feeds of grass and nobody else benefits of it but the cow.

Predation The red fox is a form of predation due to the fact that it feds of other animals such as rabbits to stay alive.

Parasitism The mistletoe is a parasite because it lives off tree branches and eventually kills itself when the branch dies.

Mutualism Hummingbirds are mutualism because they feed off flowers but also pollinate benefiting both species.

Mutualism: Both species benefit Commensalism: One species benefits and the other is unaffected Parasitism: One species is benefited and the other harmed Competition: No species benefit or harmed Neutralism: Both species are unaffected. Stephen Sheedy

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