symbiosis

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symbiosis

Partners, guests, and parasites

coexistence in nature
1970
Describes associations made between different animal species for temporary gain or convenience as well as more permanent alliances formed for mutual survival.

Amazing animal partners

2013
Describes some of the surprising relationships formed by animals in need of food, pest removal, or protection, covering such examples as cleaner shrimp and eels, and elephants and birds.

Can we be friends?

nature's partners
1994
Explores the biological concept of symbiosis in which animals live in cooperation.

Despicable species

on cowbirds, kudzu, hornworms, and other scourges
1999
Contains fourteen essays in which the author discusses some of nature's most loathsome plants and animals, including the European starling, the gray squirrel, the horse fly, and kudzu; and reveals the silver lining behind each of their nasty reputations.

Strange partners

the story of symbiosis
1976
Examines specific examples of three major kinds of symbiosis, or the living together of two unlike organisms--commensalism, mutualism, and parasitism.

Partners

2002
Highlights important partnerships going on in the ocean between different animals for survival.

Symbiosis

1998
Discusses the three kinds of symbiosis: mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism and describes examples of these relationships.

Partners

2000

Liaisons of life

from hornworts to hippos, how the unassuming microbe has driven evolution
2001
A scientific exploration of the role of microbes in the process of evolution.

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