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Meaning of "interspecific competition"

interspecific competition - Competition between individuals or species from different biological populations or taxonomic groups for shared resources, such as food, habitat, or mates. It is a concept in ecology and evolutionary biology that influences species distribution, population dynamics, and evolutionary processes
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  • Competition for resources between species.

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interspecific competition
Such mechanisms reduce interspecific competition for food.
Interspecific competition occurs when different species compete for resources.
These apply equally to intraspecific and interspecific competition.
Interspecific competition in biology.
These mechanisms apply evenly to intraspecific and interspecific competition.
Interspecific competition between the two species appeared to have been reduced.
Stabilizing mechanisms promote coexistence by concentrating intraspecific competition relative to interspecific competition.
Types of interspecific competition.
Thus habitat choice in this species can not be mediated solely by interspecific competition.
The importance of interspecific competition during periods of low biomass levels is discussed.
Addition series experiments showed that intraspecific and interspecific competition occurred in the unshaded site.
Interspecific competition for food and water between wild buffalo and domestic stock.
Predation and intraspecific and interspecific competition may also affect the survival of slender madtoms.
Interspecific competition occurs when two species require the same resource for energy production.
Strong intraspecific competition and little interspecific competition occurs among Dipodomys species.

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Interspecific competition occurs when members of more than one species compete for the same resource.
In other words, intraspecific competition must exceed interspecific competition.
However, interspecific competition also plays a role.
Third, moderate ecological scale disturbances prevent interspecific competition.
As mentioned previously, interspecific competition has great impact on community composition and structure.
For acacias, intraspecific competition was stronger than interspecific competition with eucalypts.
By contrast, interspecific competition occurs when members of different species compete for a shared resource.
Inside their insect hosts, EPNs experience both intra and interspecific competition.
Interspecific competition often results in the dominance of one species over another ( see dominant ).
In the absence of predators, these traits may be detrimental in interspecific competition for food.
Interspecific competition with red-legged partridge also affected habitat selection in grey partridge.
If there are two species playing the same role, an interspecific competition will be created.
Intraspecific and interspecific competition can occur via two different mechanisms, exploitation or interference.
A bigger population may have more intraspecific competition, while a smaller population may have more interspecific competition.
Consequently, interspecific competition can alter the sizes of many species ' populations at the same time.
Broad strategy, Reduce interspecific competition.
Interspecific competition has the potential to alter populations, communities and the evolution of interacting species.
The index has potential for assessing interspecific competition problems in young Douglas-fir plantations.
Interspecific competition resulted in P. pratensis being suppressed at all but the lowest salinities.
Suppression of Drosophila ananassae flies owing to interspecific competition with D. melanogaster under artificial conditions.
Interspecific competition generally increased survival of C. albidus and B. retusum compared to monospecific competition.
Sublethal concentration ( LC5 ) of beta-cypermethrin accelerated the interspecific competition between the two species of aphids.
Tag, interspecific competition.
Conversely, interspecific competition decreased the survival of Q. coccifera.

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