It ought to be obvious by now that none of the plants or animals that call the Amazon basin their home exists alone, in a vacuum. A marvelous, complex web of interactions exists. Ecologists recognize six major types of species interactions:

• neutralism,

• mutualism,

• competition,

• predation,

• inhibition, and

• commensalism.

Neutralism is where two species have no interaction at all; a pink dolphin and a canopy lizard could be an example of neutralism. To learn more of the other five dynamic interactions, use the links provided here.