Question
Highlight the differences and a similarity between the following population interactions: competition, predation and commensalism.

Answer

  Competition Predation Commensalism
Differences Both species lose in their interaction. Only one species benefits in their interaction. One species is benefitted and the other is neither benefitted nor harmed in their interaction. 
Similarity Both the interacting species live together. Both the interacting species live together. Both the interacting species live together.

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