Different types of relations among organisms (1)

`````

INTERACTION

POSITIVE INTERACTION

INTERACTION IN WHICH BOTH OF THEM ARE BENEFITEDOR ANY ONE OF THEM IS BENEFITED

MUTUALISM

• BOTH THIS BUTTERFLY AND THE FLOWER BENEFIT FROM THE RELATIONSHIP

COMMENSALISM

ONE IS BENEFITED AND THE OTHER

IS NEITHER BENEFITED NOR HARMER

NEGATIVE INTERACTION

INTERACTION IN WHICH BOTH OF THEM ARE HARMEDOR ANY ONE OF THEM IS HARMED

PREDATION

ONE IS BENIFITER AND THE OTHER IS HARMED

PARASITISM

ONE IS BENEFITED AND THE OTHER IS HARMED

COMPETITION

BOTH ORGANISMS SUFFER AT FIRSTBUT THE ORGANISMS WHICH WIN IS BENEFITED