Biology Questions and Answers
- What is competition? Which
type of ecological interaction
is competition?
Competition is the ecological interactionin which the individuals explore the
same ecological niche or their ecoloniches partially coincide and thereforegical
competition for the same environmental
resources takes place.
Competition is harmful for all
participating beclassified as an inharmonioings and thus it isus (negative) (^)
ecological interaction.
- What is an example of
intraspecific competition?
Intraspecific competition occurs ipractically all species, for example, then (^)
competition of humans for a job.
- Why is cannibalism an
inharmonious intraspecific
ecological interaction?
In cannibalism an of the same species (occurs iindividual eats othn some er
insects and arachinteraction between beings of the samenids). Since it is an (^)
species and at least one of them is
harmed (the other is benefited) theclassification as inharmonious
intraspecific ecological interaction is
justified.
- What are the main
interspecific ecological
interactions?
The main hecological interactions ararmonious interspe: ecific
protocoocommensalism.peration, The main inharmomutualism and (^) nious
interspecific ecological interactions are:
interspecific comppredatism and ammetition, parasitism,ensalism.
- What is protocooperation?
Protocooperation is the ecological
interactionbenefit but which is not obligatory f in which both participantsor (^)
their survival. Protocooperation is a
harmonioecologicalus (positive) interaction. E interspecificxamples of (^)
protocooperation are: the action of the
spur-winged plover that using its beakeats residuals from crocodile teeth; the (^)
removal of ectoparasites from the back
of bovines by somparasites; the hermit crab e birds that eat ththat live e
inside shells over which sea live (these offer protection to the crabanemones
and gain mobility to obtain food).
- What is mutualism?
Mutualism is the ecological interaction in
which botis obligatory fh participantsor their survival. benefit and that
Mutualism is a harmonious (positive)
ecologicalknown as symbiosis. Examples of interaction. Mutualism is also
mutualismmicroorganisms are: the association that digest cellulose between
and the ruminants or insects within
which they live; the lichens, formed by
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