amensalism

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amensalism

[ā′men·sə‚liz·əm]

(ecology)

A type of interaction that is neutral to one species but harmful to a second species.

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Plant-animal interactions

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Thrift (2010) suggests that a rise in interest in 'electrical animals' may be a way of reducing amensalism 'a living together in which one species hurts another, sometimes unknowingly' (p.

The animal as fourth educator: a literature review of animals and young children in pedagogical relationships

Arthur and Mitchel (1989) described three types of populational interactions including neutralism in which neither species is affected by presence of the other, amensalism in which individuals of one species adversely affect those of the other but are unaffected themselves, and competition in which both species are affected negatively.

Habitat partitioning by sympatric ocelots and bobcats: implications for recovery of ocelots in Southern Texas

Based on Odum (1985), we have implemented interaction models of neutralism (0, 0), amensalism (0, -), comensalism (0, +), predation (+, -), symbiosis (+, +), and competition (-, -) (Salles et al.