a black bear accidentally stepped on a ladybug beetle, and the beetle survived. What type of ecological species interaction is this? a. amensalism b. commensalism c. neutral d. it is not a species interaction, because this incident does not affect the fitness of bears or ladybug populations  e. the answer depends on whether that ladybug's fitness is affected n

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Communities and Ecosystems

Ecology contains two words: Eikos means dwelling, and logy means to study, so the combined meaning is studying habitat or living.