Symbiosis is the interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both.
There are three types of symbiotic relationships.
-Mutualism is symbiosis that is beneficial to bot organisms involved.
-Commensalism is an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm.
-Parasitism is a relation between organisms in which one lives as a parasite on another.
-Mutualism is symbiosis that is beneficial to bot organisms involved.
-Commensalism is an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm.
-Parasitism is a relation between organisms in which one lives as a parasite on another.
An example of mutualism in the temperate grassland is when bacteria that lives in the stomachs of large herbivores helps to break down cellulose.
An example of commensalism in the temperate grassland is when large nurseplants provide protection for young seedlings growing under the leaves of the nurse plant.
An example of parasitism in the temperate grassland is when a rattle lives on the roots of grasses and gains energy from feeding on the flow of nutrients and water through the roots.