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Survival Relationships• Predator-prey – Predators seek out and eat
other organisms• Competition—two species or organisms
have niche overlap; they share food, water, shelter or mates; one will win and other must adapt through natural selection
• Symbiosis – A relationship in which there is a close and permanent association between organisms of different species.
Parasitism• A symbiotic
relationship in which one organism benefits at the expense of the other.
TrichinellosisTrichinella spiralis
Commensalism• A symbiotic
relationship where one species benefits and the other is neither harmed or helped. (many are now seen as undefined mutualism)
Survival Relationships
• Mutualism – is a symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit. (+/+)
• Commensalism – is a symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither harmed nor benefited. (+/0)
• Parasitism – is a symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is harmed (+/-)