Species interactions that benefit at least one of the participants and cause harm to neither
Ecological facilitation or probiosis describes species interactions that benefit at least one of the participants and cause harm to neither.[1] Facilitations can be categorized as mutualisms, in which both species benefit, or commensalisms, in which one species benefits and the other is unaffected.[1][2][3][4][5] This article addresses both the mechanisms of facilitation and the increasing information available concerning the impacts of facilitation on community ecology.
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