What type of interaction is shown by orchids in their biotic communities?
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There are different types of interactions in the biotic community. It can be positive, negative or neutral. In the positive interactions one of the species helps the other in one way or other. In the negative interactions one of the species harms the other in one way or other. The other species is harmed or benefitted or unaffected. In the neutral interaction the species is neither harmed nor benefitted.
The predation is defined as an interaction between the members of different species in this one member catches the prey and kills them. They are known as predators. The majority of them are animals which are mainly carnivorous. The herbivorous animals can also act as a predator. They remove the plants as well as seeds. There are few plants which also act as predators and are known as insectivorous plants. These include drosera and utricularia. Their role is interchangeable that means the predators can act preys and vice a versa. For example, frog feeds for snakes and the snakes feed for eagle. The predators have strength, agility, tearing ability to capture and eat the prey. The population of predator is small. The preys are larger in number and cannot be eliminated. The prey has a high reproductive ability. If there are no predators the population of the prey will increase at such a rate that it will cross the carrying capacity of environment. The species go under degeneration. The predator keeps the population under check. The prey maintains its optimum activity as the sick individuals are removed by predators.