Community Interactions

• Herbivory - plants are eaten by the organisms.
• In herbivory, only part of the prey can be eaten by the organism.
• In herbivory, organisms typically benefit from this interaction.
• Competition - interaction between two organisms that are using the same limited resource.
• Competition can be intraspecific, between the same species.
• Competition can be interspecific, between two different species.
• One organism wins in competition, but both organisms would be better without it.
• Predator-Prey - involves one animal eating another.
• Predator-Prey is a short-term relationship.
• In a Predator-Prey relationship, the predator is benefited, even if they fail because they can try again.