Ecological Relationship in the Desert by Jessica Joy Maglaqui

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The Cactus Wren Benefits from the cactus because it builds its nest to protect the babies from predators. The cactus does not benefit nor get damaged

Bee and Cactus

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The desert bee's food resource is the cactus, and the cactus is able to pollinate and reproduce from the bee.

Phainopepla and Desert mistletoe.

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The bird, phainopepla, eats the mistletoe berries and benefits by gaining energy from this food. The desert mistletoe benefits by the phainopepla when it drops its seeds to the ground, letting the mistletoe tree's seed grow.

Desert Cayote vs. Pocket Mouse

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When the Desert Cayote needs food, it will hunt for a mouse. Which then, the Cayote is the Predator while the Mouse will be it's prey.

mountain lion

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Coyote and Sidewinder Rattle Snake

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These two species fight for food. An example is the pocket mouse.

Desert Mistletoe and Desert Willow Tree

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The desert mistletoe gets nutrients from the willow tree, so it will eventually die.

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These are fierce animals they both fight over food and water considering both water and food are scarce in the desert.

Scorpion

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The scorpion fights and competes for thermal resources.

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Plants in the desert try to find water.

Coyote and Fleas

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Fleas living on the bodies of coyotes would be an example of parasitism in the desert biome.

Cacti and Bat

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When the bat drinks the nectar from the flowers of saguaro (a cactus with like an flower), its head and chest is covered with pollen. When the bat goes to the next flower, it pollinates it. the bat gets food and the saguaro becomes pollinated.

Sonaran toad and Taranula

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The Tarantula shares its burrow with the Toad eating on ants that could endanger its eggs