5. Biodiversity is thought to be increased by all of the following symbiotic relationships except:A. mutualism (like fungi providing minerals and algae providing carbohydrates in a lichen)B. parasitism (the practice of "host-switching", like tapeworms targeting humans instead of pigs)C. competition (like gray squirrels competing with red squirrels in an oak forest)D. predation (the practice of "prey-switching", like wolves targeting elk instead of moose)E. commensalism (like barnacles hitching a ride across the ocean on a whale)

Biodiversity refers to number of species present in a given environment.

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