Plot Community

Plot Community

Competition

1.    The Red Fox competes against the Coyote for food.  They hunt almost identical prey and they are from the same family of Canidae.

2.     Numerous species of trees compete against each other for nutrients in the soil and sunlight.  They grow towards the sunlight and crowd out other trees.

Predation

1.    A hawk eats a rabbit. 

2.    A frog eats a fly.

Mutualism

1.    Certain ants make their home in a tree in exchange for helping to protect the tree. 
2.    A bee gets pollen from a wildflower, so it can make honey.  In turn, the flower becomes cross-pollinated, so it can bloom.

Parasitism

1.    A frog is infected with a parasite called Ribeiroia which can cause deformities in the frog. 
2.    A raccoon is infected with ticks and fleas that make their home in its fur and eat its blood.

Commensalism

1.    A bird makes its nest in a tree.  The bird benefits, but the tree isn’t harmed or helped. 
2.    A mite waiting on a flower for a moth to land.  The mite is helped, because it is given the opportunity to find a new home on the next moth landing on the flower.  The flower isn’t helped or harmed by the mite’s presence.