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Biology Today and Tomorrow without Physiology (MindTap Course List)

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Author:Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr

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Chapter17: Communities And Ecosystems

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Differentiate between interspecific and intraspecific competition and provide a specific example of each type. Explain which one tends to be a stronger type of competition and explain why with a good example.

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In nature the resources available tends to be limited at any given point of time. This limited availability of resources which can range from basic needs of life like water to the level of territory available for two species, this all leads to competition between individuals as well as between species as whole.

This comparison between competition of two individuals of a same species and of two different species can be illustrated as below:

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