Predator-prey: A predator prey relationship is an interaction between two organisms in which one of them acts as predator that captures and feeds on the other organism that serves as the prey. When the number of predators is scarce, the number of prey should rise.
Example: The African varieties of eagles are the Fennec Foxes' main predator along with jackals. Fennec Foxes are also a predator themselves because they feed on lizards and a variety of insects. Fennec Foxes primarily eat grasshoppers and locust but also eat lizards and roots.
Herbivory: An animal who only eats plants
Example: antelope eats grass, ground squirrel eats fruits of cholla, prickly pear and barrel cacti, seeds, mesquite beans, and camel, their large, leathery mouths can handle the prickly thorns of almost any kind of desert vegetation, including that which other animals steer clear of.
Parasitism: is a relationship in which one organism the parasite depends on another the host for nourishment or some other benefit. During this the host is harmed
Example: Ticks in Africa feed on Fennec Foxes' blood, there fore is is a parasitism relationship between the two. Mistletoe species live in host plants such as desert ironwood.
Mutualism: a relationship in which two or more species benefit.
Example: Bees pollinating cacti Coyote eat fruits and disperse the seeds thru their poop
Commensalism:describes a relationship in which one species benefits and the other in unaffected
Example: The cactus wren bird builds its nest in the cacti.The bird’s young is protected from predators but the cactus is unaffected
Resource partitioning: when species compete they tend to divide resources
Example: Hyrax eats the grass and Silverbell eats the seeds from the grass
INFORMATION FROM: http://glossi.com/Nicolette_dorame/55824
http://cathyramos.com/images/Sahara-Desert.pdf
Withgott, Jay, Grant P. Wiggins, Marylin Lisowski, Judy Scotchmoor, and Anastasia Thanukos. Pearson Environmental Science: Your World, Your Turn. Boston, MA: Pearson, 2011. Print.
http://toptravellists.net/oasis-dakhla-sahara-desert-nature-egypt.html
Example: The African varieties of eagles are the Fennec Foxes' main predator along with jackals. Fennec Foxes are also a predator themselves because they feed on lizards and a variety of insects. Fennec Foxes primarily eat grasshoppers and locust but also eat lizards and roots.
Herbivory: An animal who only eats plants
Example: antelope eats grass, ground squirrel eats fruits of cholla, prickly pear and barrel cacti, seeds, mesquite beans, and camel, their large, leathery mouths can handle the prickly thorns of almost any kind of desert vegetation, including that which other animals steer clear of.
Parasitism: is a relationship in which one organism the parasite depends on another the host for nourishment or some other benefit. During this the host is harmed
Example: Ticks in Africa feed on Fennec Foxes' blood, there fore is is a parasitism relationship between the two. Mistletoe species live in host plants such as desert ironwood.
Mutualism: a relationship in which two or more species benefit.
Example: Bees pollinating cacti Coyote eat fruits and disperse the seeds thru their poop
Commensalism:describes a relationship in which one species benefits and the other in unaffected
Example: The cactus wren bird builds its nest in the cacti.The bird’s young is protected from predators but the cactus is unaffected
Resource partitioning: when species compete they tend to divide resources
Example: Hyrax eats the grass and Silverbell eats the seeds from the grass
INFORMATION FROM: http://glossi.com/Nicolette_dorame/55824
http://cathyramos.com/images/Sahara-Desert.pdf
Withgott, Jay, Grant P. Wiggins, Marylin Lisowski, Judy Scotchmoor, and Anastasia Thanukos. Pearson Environmental Science: Your World, Your Turn. Boston, MA: Pearson, 2011. Print.
http://toptravellists.net/oasis-dakhla-sahara-desert-nature-egypt.html