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Positive effects of a primary consumer on its resource
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Introduction
Ecological interactions are often classified as either negative (predation, parasitism) or positive (mutualism). However, species affect. Two of the most obvious examples of when a consumer benefits its resource are the cases of pollination and seed dispersal.
Assignment
Develop and analyze a simple mathematical model
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References
Herren, Cristina M., Kyle C. Webert, Michael D. Drake, M. Jake Vander Zanden, Árni Einarsson, Anthony R. Ives, and Claudio Gratton. 2017. “Positive Feedback between Chironomids and Algae Creates Net Mutualism between Benthic Primary Consumers and Producers.” Ecology. doi:10.1002/ecy.1654.