mutualism

Examples

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• Changes in species composition affect ecosystems at multiple levels, from mutualisms or predator-prey relations to disturbance regimes.

  Academic text (2011)

• Many marine species demonstrate mutualism, such as clownfish that protect sea anemones while gaining shelter from predators.

• In Indonesia today, there is a complex mix of competition and mutualism in the quest for land resources.

  Academic text (2000)

• IAFC, she said, is "proud of the bonds that it has constructed and the feeling of mutualism."

  Academic text (2005)

• The consequences of this mutualism, Stachowicz notes, go beyond the individual organisms, ultimately influencing community structure.

  Academic text (1998)

• Molecular tools have also contributed greatly to researchers' understanding of host specificity patterns in fungal mutualisms.

  Academic text (2008)

• In a coevolutionary context, positive feedback can lead to greater strength of mutualism and potentially to coadaptation of mutualist partners (Bever 1999).

  Academic text (2006)

• The combined effects of changes in dispersal and phenology may disrupt mutualisms from pollination to the tending of butterflies by ants.

  Academic text (2011)

• Thus, the northern flying squirrel facilitates a symbiotic mutualism that contributes to revitalizing its forest habitat and a staple food source (Maser and Maser 1988).

  Academic text (2012)

• In a rainforest, the relationship between the ants and the aphids is a classic example of mutualism where both species provide benefits to each other.

Synonyms

S

symbiosis

vsmutualism

• Specialized

4 6.1

A close relationship between two different living things that helps both

is a general term for beneficial partnerships between two different species

Antonyms

P

parasitism

• Specialized

3 7.6

A relationship where one living thing lives on or in another and harms it

How Beneficial

mutualism

• Specialized

1 6.7

commensalism

• Specialized

1 9.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology