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Herbivore-Plant
Predator-Prey
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| An Animal that feed on other animals, kills and consumes |
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| organism that lives on the tissues of their host, ofen reducing the fitness of the host, but generally not killing it. |
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| An insect whose larva consumes its host and kills it in the process, (functionally equivalent to predators) |
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| Cause disease, a debilitating condition, in its host |
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| movement of an organism away from light |
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| movement of an organism towards light |
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| The actively dividing tissue responsible for plant growth |
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| the synchronous production of large quantities of fruits by trees, such as oaks and beech. |
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| the combined effect of functional and numerical responses by consumers on prey populations: determined b multiplying the number of prey eaten per predator times the number of predators per unit area, giving the number of prey eaten per unit area. Combined response is generally expressed as a percentage of the total number of prey. |
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