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Given below is a table depicting population interactions between species A and species B.Type of interactionType of interactionType of interaction(a)(-)(+)(b)(+)(-)Name the types of interactions (a) and (b) in the above table. Justify giving three reason, how the type of interaction (b) is important in an ecological context. |
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Answer» (a) – Amensalism (b) – Predation Justifications- • Nature’s way of transferring energy fixed by plants to higher trophic levels/conduits for energy transfer. • Keep prey population under control • Predators help in maintaining species diversity in a community, by reducing the intensity of competition among competing prey species. |
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