Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Construct(verb) to put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edifice. 2  Construct(verb) to devise; to invent; to set in order; to arrange; as, to construct a theory of ethics.
Species interactions within ecological webs include four main types of two-way interactions: mutualism, commensalism, competition, and predation (which includes herbivory and parasitism).Because of the many linkages among species within a food web, changes to one species can have far-reaching effects.he keystone species concept is one of the best-known ideas in community ecology. Although it is true that many species potentially interact with one another in a food web such as depicted in Figure 1, in nature there are big players and little players. The biggest players of all are referred to as keystone species.
An interaction between two organisms that benefits one to the detriment of the other is an antagonistic interaction. Predation, herbivory, and parasitism are specific types of antagonistic interactions. In predation, one organism kills and consumes another.Predation provides energy to prolong the life and promote the reproduction of the organism that does the killing, the predator, to the detriment of the organism being consumed, the prey. Predation influences organisms at two ecological levels.redation provides energy to prolong the life and promote the reproduction of the organism that does the killing, the predator, to the detriment of the organism being consumed, the prey. Predation influences organisms at two ecological levels.