Environmental Relationships
Types of Relationships Predation Competition Parasitism Mutualism Commensalism
PREDATION Predation is the feeding on and typically killing another organism. Herbivory is comparable to predation, but herbivores feed on plants rather than animals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hecXupPpE9o
COMPETITION Competition describes multiple organisms fighting for the same resources.
INTERSPECIES COMPETITION Competition between different species.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWGjX0CKYgw
INTRASPECIES COMPETITION Competition between organisms of the same species.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw0DXswF5MI
PARASITISM One species benefits from a second species that is disadvantaged, but generally not killed. +/-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjHm2zKiTs0
MUTUALISM Both species benefit from the relationship. +/+
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbExPtTEBYM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSTk2pui5X4
COMMENSALISM One species benefits but the other is unaffected. +/0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxpa6gPIbLE