Interspecific Competition

Quadrat sampling

Clumped dispersion

where individuals are aggregated in certain areas of the sampled space

Uniform dispersion

where individuals are almost equally spaced apart from each other and random dispersion

Random dispersion

where individuals are located randomly in a space

pattern of dispersal

the way individuals of a population are spaced out across their habitat

active dispersal

movement of the entire organism through its own ability

passive dispersal

involves both plants and animals that cannot themselves move but use dispersal units called disseminules to aid in reproduction or the exploitation of new habitats

vagile

mobile

sessile

stationary

disseminules

any structure that helps a sessile individual spread or disperse to a new location

resource partitioning

the process by which similar species reduce competition by using different parts or aspects of the same resource