Monday, October 3, 2011

Plot Community

These are examples of competition, predation, and symbiosis on my plot:

Competition:
     -Two trees growing higher and higher for sunlight.
     -Two squirrels fighting over certain nuts, that grow only near one's nest.

Predation:
     -Birds searching for worms.
     -Spiders making a web to catch insects.

Symbiosis-Mutualism:
     -Ants pollinating peonies. (Not technically on my plot, but right on the beginning of the trail)
     -Deer eating seeds of plants, and in their scat;they spread seeds.

Symbiosis-Commensalism:
     -A squirrel living in a tree.
     -Moss on trees and plants.

Symbiosis-Parasitism:
     -Ticks and Fleas on mammals.
     -Humans killing and eating animals for food, or taking plants down for clearing trails. 

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