EOLSS - CHARACTERIZATION OF BIODIVERSITY
Table 13. Types of species interactions
| 
     Type of Interaction  | 
    
     Species 1  | 
    
     Species 2  | 
  
| 
     Competition  | 
    
     (-)  | 
    
     (-)  | 
  
| 
     Predation  | 
    
     Predator (+)  | 
    
     Prey (-)  | 
  
| 
     Parasitism  | 
    
     Parasite (+)  | 
    
     Host (-)  | 
  
| 
     Herbivory  | 
    
     Herbivore (+)  | 
    
     Plant (-)  | 
  
| 
     Commensalism  | 
    
     (+)  | 
    
     (0)  | 
  
| 
     Symbiosis (mutualism)  | 
    
     (+)  | 
    
     (+)  |