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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | Copyright

protocooperation (facultative mutualism) An interaction between organisms of different species in which both organisms benefit, but neither is dependent on the relationship. Compare MUTUALISM.

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	protocooperation Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology protocooperation ( facultative mutualism ) An interaction between organisms of different species in which both organisms benefit, but neither is dependent on the relationship. Compare MUTUALISM .
	mutualism Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology ...benefits both. Strictly, the term may be confined to obligatory mutualism, in which neither species can survive under natural conditions without the other. Sometimes the term is used more generally to include protocooperation .
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