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Ecological Relationships: How living organisms interact with each other http://www.scienceclarified.com/everyday/images/scet_03_img0305.jpg
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http://hyenas.zoology.msu.edu/uploads/images/crocuta/LionHyenaFight_2008_BrittanyGunther.jpg Competition: When individuals or species “fight” for resources http://web3.wzw.tum.de/oscar/typo3temp/pics/f45214e1c1.jpg Plants competing for sunlight Lion and hyenas competing for a kill
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Herbivory: When a consumer eats a producer http://www.smilinglizard.com/1a291aa0.jpg http://images.inmagine.com/168nwm/creata s/cr15169/cr15169065.jpg A fruit bat eating a papaya A woodchuck eating wild clover
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Predation: When a consumer eats a consumer. An eagle eating halibut. A lion eating zebra. http://www.citypaper.net/blogs/clog/wp- content/uploads/2007/06/close-up-bald-eagle-eating.jpg http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/ZooGoer/2006/3/IMAGES/lion_zebra.jpg
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Symbiosis: Long-term relationship between two different species that live close together and at least one of the species benefits. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/files/2013/03/honeybee-flower1.jpghttp://projectfeederwatch.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/magpie-on-deer1.jpg?w=600&h=425
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Type of Symbiosis: Mutualism Both organisms benefit from the relationship. WIN – WIN situation http://4206e9.medialib.glogster.com/media/256d8196827a7e31fe10be57d1d6981add73b9bcdc89614a8afadcbf9a542bb9/071003130712-ostrich-and-gazelle.jpg Ostriches and gazelles
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Type of Symbiosis: Commensalism One organism benefits and the other is unaffected WIN – NEUTRAL situation Copyright, Ray Norton Eastern chipmunk and soil mite
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Type of Symbiosis: Parasitism One organism benefits and the the other is harmed WIN – LOSE situation Department of Botany, Iowa St. University Michael Clayton, Wisconsin State Herbarium Honeysuckle is a parasite to the host dogwood tree A parasite does not want to kill its host as it would require finding another one!
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