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amensalism

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | 276 words | Copyright

amensalism An interaction of species populations, in which one population is inhibited while the other (the amensal) is unaffected. It is the opposite of commensalism. See also symbiosis. Compare competition; mutualism; neutralism; parasitism; predation; and protocooperation.

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