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| Interspecific Interactions |
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| Interaction between different populations occur for their needs like, |
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| 1) Nature and mode of food gathering |
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| 2) Space to rest or shelter |
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| 3) For specific habits like aggregation, breeding etc. |
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| These interactions are of three types. They are |
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| a) Positive or beneficial interactions |
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| In these, members of either one or both the interacting species are benefitted, but neither is harmed. |
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| Positive interactions include scavenging, commensalism, proto cooperation and mutualism. |
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| b) Negative or antagonistic interactions |
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| In these, members of one species is harmed and the other is benefitted, harmed or remain unaffected. |
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| Negative interactions include predation, parasitism, amensalism, competition and mimicry. |
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| c) Neural interactions |
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| In these interactions, neither of the two species is benefitted or harmed. |
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