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    Organisms interact in various ways in an ecosystem. Two types of competition occur when organisms fight for limited resources: intraspecific competition between individuals of the same species, and interspecific competition between different species. Predation is when one organism captures and feeds on another. Symbiosis describes close ecological relationships between different species that benefit each other, such as mutualism, commensalism, or parasitism where one harms the host.

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    Organisms interact in various ways in an ecosystem. Two types of competition occur when organisms fight for limited resources: intraspecific competition between individuals of the same species, and interspecific competition between different species. Predation is when one organism captures and feeds on another. Symbiosis describes close ecological relationships between different species that benefit each other, such as mutualism, commensalism, or parasitism where one harms the host.

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    Organisms interact in various ways in an ecosystem. Two types of competition occur when organisms fight for limited resources: intraspecific competition between individuals of the same species, and interspecific competition between different species. Predation is when one organism captures and feeds on another. Symbiosis describes close ecological relationships between different species that benefit each other, such as mutualism, commensalism, or parasitism where one harms the host.

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    Interactions in Ecosystems

    Community & Interactions


     Two birds may fight over territories. A fish may prey on insects floating on the
    water. These are just two examples of the many interactions between species
    in an ecosystem.
     Competition occurs when two organisms fight for the same limited resources.
    There are two different types of competition: Interspecific & Intraspecific
    competition.
     Interspecific competition occurs when two different species compete for a
    limited resource, such as space.
     Intraspecific competition occurs when individuals of the same species
    struggle against one another for limited resources.
     You can observe intraspecific competition during the spring breeding season
    of birds. A typical male will share a particular territory with males of different
    bird species but will not tolerate another male of its own species in the same
    area.
     Predation is the process by which one organism
    captures and feeds upon another organism, this is
    another way organisms interact with each other.
     Herbivores can also be considered predators.
     Symbiosis is a close ecological relationship between two or more organisms
    of different species that live in direct contact with one another. Such as the
    relationship between the bee and the flower.
     There are three major types of symbiosis:
    o Mutualism – interaction in which both organisms’ benefit from one
    another. Such as the relationship between the Lesser Long-Nosed Bat
    and the Saguaro Cactus.
    o Commensalism – Relationship between two organisms in which one
    receives an ecological benefit from another, while the other neither
    benefits nor is harmed.
    o Parasitism – Relationship involving a species that directly harms its
    host. It is similar to predation in that one organism benefits while the
    other is harmed. But unlike a predator, which quickly kills and eats its
    prey, a parasite benefits by keeping its host alive for days or years.
    There are two different ways that parasites can use their host:
    1) Ectoparasite – It makes its home on the exterior of an
    organism, attaching itself to the outside of the host and usually
    feeding on its fluids
    2) Endoparasites – They live in the tissues and organs of a host
    where, safely hidden & feed on the nutrients ingested by their
    host

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