APES Relationships

Generalist Consumer

able to adapt and thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions (raccoons)

Camouflage

adaptation that allows animals to blend in with certain aspects of their environment

Coevolution

change in genetic composition of one species in response to a genetic change in another

Predator-Prey

exactly what it sounds like

Intraspecific Competition

members of the SAME species fight for the same limited resources

Neutralism

neither are affected (coexistence)

Parasitism

one benefits, one is harmed (leeches, lice, ticks, fleas)

Commensalism

one benefits, the other is not affected

Amensalism

one is hurt, the other one is not affected

Batesian Mimicry

one species evolves themselves to mimic a more threatening creature so they are not seen as bait (may harm the model, benefits mimic)

Symbiosis

relationship between 2 organisms in which different species have a cooperative or mutually dependent relationship (parasitism, commensalism, mutualism)

Interspecific Competition

two or more DIFFERENT species use the same resources, so they get less (watering hole in Africa)

Mullerian Mimicry

two or more poisonous species evolve to look alike and have common warning signals in order to deter predators (tag-team)