COOPERATIVE

INTERRELATOINSHIPS IN
MISSOURI FORESTS
ECOSYSTEM
All the organisms and the non-
living environment within a defined
area
DESERT
LAKE
COMMUNITY
Consists of all the interacting
animal populations within an
ecosystem.
FOOD WEB
MANY DIFFERENT
COMMUNITIES EXIST IN A
SINGLE FOREST
SYMBIOSIS
Two species living together in close
association over an extended time.
Also called symbiotic
relationships
3 TYPES OF SYMBIOSIS
1. PARISITISM
2. COMMENSALISM
3. MUTUALISM
PARISITISM
A symbiotic relationship where the
organism lives in or on their host
and does harm to their general
well being, sometimes parasites
are fatal.
The parasite benefits, the host
does not.
ONE EXAMPLE OF
PARISITISM
Ticks on a deer.
LEECHES
COMMENSALISM
A symbiotic relationship where one
species benefits, the other is not
affected positively or negatively.
ONE EXAMPLE OF
COMMENSALISM
Birds nesting in a
tree
Certain species of millipede and silverfish inhabit
the nests of army ants and live by scavenging on
the refuse of their hosts, but without affecting
the ants.
MUTUALISM
A symbiotic relationship where
both organisms benefit from the
relationship.
ONE EXAMPLE OF
MUTUALISM
Bees and flowers
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