Plant–animal interaction
Relationships between plants and animals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Plant-animal interactions are important pathways for the transfer of energy within ecosystems, where both advantageous and unfavorable interactions support ecosystem health.[1][2] Plant-animal interactions can take on important ecological functions and manifest in a variety of combinations of favorable and unfavorable associations, for example predation, frugivory and herbivory, parasitism, and mutualism.[3] Without mutualistic relationships, some plants may not be able to complete their life cycles, and the animals may starve due to resource deficiency.[4]