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What Do You Mean by
Interspecies Interaction
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BY Team Aakash Byju's
The living creatures of a community constantly interact with each other.
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These interactions include interspecies interactions and intraspecies interactions.
A biological interaction that affects a pair of living organisms of different species in a living community.
Interspecies Interaction
A biological interaction that affects a pair of living organisms of the same species in a living community.
Intraspecies Interactions
Interspecies interactions are of various kinds. These include: Mutualism, Commensalism, Competition, Parasitism and Predation.
Mutualism is a kind of interaction where two species are beneficial to each other.
Mutualism
The relationship between the
roots of legume plants and rhizobium bacteria.
Example
Commensalism
Commensalism is a kind of interaction where one species benefits and another species does not.
The relationship between sea anemone and clownfish.
Example
Parasitism is a kind of interaction where one species get benefit and causes harm to other species.
Example:
Lice, leech, tapeworm.
Parasitism
Competition is a kind of interaction where two species do not get any benefit.
Competition
Example:
Competition among carnivorous animals in a forest.
Predation is a kind of interaction where one species hunts or kills another species.
Example:
Relationship between a tiger and deer.
Predation
All the interactions mentioned above occur in every living community. These interactions are necessary to maintain balance in every ecosystem.