Given below is a table depicting population interactions between SQPecies A and SQPecies B.
`{:("Type of interaction","SQPecies A","SQPecies B"),((a),(-),"(+)"),((b),"(+)",(-)):}`
Name the type of interactions (a) and (b) in the above table.
Justify giving three reason, how the type of interaction (b) is important in an ecological context

Explanation

(a) `-` Amensalism
(b) `-` Predation
Justifications-
• Nature’s way of transferring energy fixed by plants to higher trophic levels/conduits for energy transfer.
• Keep prey population under control
• Predators help in maintaining SQPecies diversity in a community, by reducing the intensity of competition among competing prey SQPecies.