https://padlet.com/daphnechatz/35kdywcf1613 en-us 2019-02-11 14:24:21 UTC 2025-12-23 02:43:02 UTC hello@padlet.com daphnechatz https://padlet.com/daphnechatz/35kdywcf1613/wish/329868447 In every ecosystem there are numerous elements of functional ecological diversity, such as the various types of relationships that can occur among the species that inhabit them. One of the most common types of such interactions is predation, where one species is using the other as its source of food, thus making the former a predator and the latter its prey.

One example of such a relation in my BioArea is between larvae of different species of the Drilus family of beetles and multiple species of the Albinaria family of snails. The mentioned beetles are specialized predators of land snails. It is actually estimated that 24% of empty snail shells in Crete show evidence of fatal holes caused by beetles.

Another example is the relation between the endemic plant species Zelkova abelicea, which is considered vulnerable by IUCN and is being overgrazed by (among others) goats, Capra aegagrus hircus. 


]]> 2019-02-11 14:26:52 UTC https://padlet.com/daphnechatz/35kdywcf1613/wish/329868447 daphnechatz https://padlet.com/daphnechatz/35kdywcf1613/wish/329919988 source: Wikipedia]]> 2019-02-11 15:44:09 UTC https://padlet.com/daphnechatz/35kdywcf1613/wish/329919988 daphnechatz https://padlet.com/daphnechatz/35kdywcf1613/wish/329921576 One example is the parasitic plant Cuscuta atrans, which is parasitic on Astragalus creticus among others. Another is Cytinus hypocistus, a species parasitic on the roots of various Cistus species.


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