Question
Highlight the differences and a similarity between the following population interactions: competition, predation and commensalism.
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Answer
| Competition | Predation | Commensalism | |
| Differences | Both species lose in their interaction. | Only one species benefits in their interaction. | One species is benefitted and the other is neither benefitted nor harmed in their interaction. |
| Similarity | Both the interacting species live together. | Both the interacting species live together. | Both the interacting species live together. |
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