Competition

Question 1

What is competitive exclusion?

Answer 1

-2 species can’t have exactly the same miche in a habitat and stably exist

Question 2

What is a niche?

Answer 2

-includes all the abiotic and biotic conditions of the environment which organisms are adapted to

Question 3

What is resource partitioning?

Answer 3

-division of the niche by species to avoid competition for resources
-helps species coexist

Question 4

What is an example of interspecific competition?

Answer 4

-red vs grey squirrel
-better adapted to our environment as they could eat a wider range of food
-population increases
-further reducing red squirrel food supply

Question 5

What are the 3 stages of infraspecific competition?

Answer 5

1. plentiful resources = population grows
2. resources limited = population decreases
3. fewer individuals, resources recover = population grows