Predation, herbivory, and parasitism are specific types of antagonistic interactions. In predation, one organism kills and consumes another. Predation provides energy to prolong the life and ...
More recently, scientists have discovered that predation can also influence the size of the prey population by acting as a top-down control. In reality, the interaction between these two forms of ...
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