APES Species Interactions
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| 234949929 | amensalism | relationship between two species in which one is inhibited or harmed, while the other is unaffected | |
| 234949930 | facultative mutualism | a mutualistic relationship that does not need to occur for one or both species involved to survive | |
| 234949931 | obligatory mutualism | a mutualistic relationship that must occur for one or both species involved to survive | |
| 234949932 | phoresy | a commensalistic relationship where one organism uses a second organism for transportation |  |
| 234949933 | inquilinism | a commensalistic relationship where one organism characteristically lives in the nest, burrow or dwelling place of another organism | |
| 234949934 | metabiosis | a commensalistic relationship where one organism uses something created by another organism after it dies | |
| 234949935 | predation | the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey | |
| 234949936 | epiparasite | a parasite that feeds upon another parasite | |
| 234949937 | social parasite | a parasite that completes its life cycle by manipulating the social behavior of its hosts | |
| 234949938 | ectoparasite | any external parasitic organism (as fleas) |  |
| 234949939 | endoparasite | any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms) | |
| 234949940 | antibiosis | an association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another | |
| 234949941 | Batesian mimicry | evolution by one species to resemble the coloration body shape or behavior of another species that is protected from predators by a venomous stinger, bad taste or some other defensive adaptation |  |
| 234949942 | Mullerian mimicry | evolution of two species, both of which are unpalatable and, have poisonous stingers or some other defense mechanism, to resemble each other | |
| 234949943 | intraspecific | arising or occurring within a species | |
| 234949944 | interspecific | arising or occurring between species | |
| 234949945 | coevolution | the process in which species exert selective pressure on each other and gradually evolve new features or behaviors as a result of those pressures |