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Interspecific interactions
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Competition, predation, herbivory, and symbiosis
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Interspecific competition
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-/- that occur when individuals of different populations compete for the same resources
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Competitive exclusion
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Elimination of the inferior competitor
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Ecological niche
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The sum of species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources
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Character displacement
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The tendency for characteristics to diverge more in sympatric populations of two species than in allopatric populations of the same two species
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Predation
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+/- interaction between species in which one species, the predator, kills and eats the other, the prey
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Cryptic coloration
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Camouflage
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Aposematic coloration
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Animals with effective chemical defenses often exhibit this
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Batesian mimicry
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A palatable or harmless species mimics an unpalatable or harmful model
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Mullerian mimicry
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Two or more unpalatable species, that resemble each other
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Herbivory
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+/- interaction in which an organism eats parts of a plant or alga
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Symbiosis
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When individuals of two or more species live in direct and intimate contact with each other
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Parasitism
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+/- interaction in which one organism, the parasite, derives its nourishment from another organism, the host, which is harmed in the process
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Endoparasites
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Feed on the inside of the host's body
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Ectoparasites
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Feed of the surface of the host's body
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