amensalism

English

Etymology

amensal +‎ -ism

Noun

amensalism (uncountable)

1. (ecology) A form of symbiosis in which one species is harmed or impeded and the other is unaffected.
   • 2001, J.N. Kraeuter, Biology of the Hard Clam, page 426:

     Trophic group amensalism in the form of the broadened mobile vs. sessile distinction also plays an important part in the Woodin (1976) general model of how adult-larval interactions structure soft-sediment communities at high density.

Related terms

• amensal
• amensalistic

Translations

form of symbiosis in which one species is harmed or impeded and the other is unaffected

• Finnish: amensalismi (fi)
• French: amensalisme (fr) m
• Kazakh: өктемдік (öktemdık)
• Occitan: amensalisme m
• Portuguese: amensalismo (pt) m