they derive benefits from their relationship but could survive without each other (facultative mutualism). Here are eight examples of mutualistic relationships. True gobies (Gobiidae) are a family of ...

Like predation and competition, recognition of mutualisms' functional responses and consumer-resource interactions provides new insights into their density-dependent population dynamics.

Through the facilitation of partners, mutualism allows organisms to excel in otherwise marginal habitats, avoid competition, exploit new niches and buffer environmental variability. For example ...