they derive benefits from their relationship but could survive without each other (facultative mutualism). Here are eight examples of mutualistic relationships. True gobies (Gobiidae) are a family of ...

Through the facilitation of partners, mutualism allows organisms to excel in otherwise marginal habitats, avoid competition, exploit new niches and buffer environmental variability. For example ...

Like predation and competition, recognition of mutualisms' functional responses and consumer-resource interactions provides new insights into their density-dependent population dynamics.

It explains mutualism through examples like termites and their symbiotic microorganisms, while emphasizing the harmful effects of parasitism through various flatworms, including tapeworms and flukes.