Amensalism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Amensalism is a noun meaning (ecology) A form of biological or ecological interaction or relationship in which one species is harmed or impeded and the other is unaffected.
Meaning
(ecology) A form of biological or ecological interaction or relationship in which one species is harmed or impeded and the other is unaffected.
Example Sentences
Trophic group amensalism in the form of the broadened mobile vs. sessile distinction also plays an important part in the Woodin (1976) general model of how adult-larval interactions structure soft-sediment communities at high density.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include parasitism, aposymbiosis, mutualism, ectocommensalism, antibiosis, commensal.
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