The purpose is for students to demonstrate their understanding of the ecological concepts related to identification, treatment, transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the associated pandemic in an oral presentation with PPT. Choose an ecological concept that relates to the pandemic or the virus and make clear how the concept is relevant.
The ecological concept is Community ecology: Species Interaction
Species interactions
Neutral
– two species that don’t interact at all
Commensalism
– beneficial to one species but neutral to another, e.g. birds that nest in trees, epiphytes (plants that grow on other plants) such as tropical orchids
Mutualism
– an interaction that is beneficial to both species, e.g. plants and their pollinators, plants and animals that disperse their seeds, certain fungi and plant roots
Parasitism
– an interaction that benefits one species and is detrimental to another. Note that the host is generally not killed.
Predation
– an interaction beneficial to one species and detrimental to another. In this case the prey is killed. Predators are those that kill and eat other animals. Although many organisms eat plants they usually dont kill them because they are a constant supply of food. Prey are killed and eaten.
