Population and Community Ecology Chapter 5 Competition

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What is Competition

Interaction between species (or organisms) in which

both species (or organisms) are harmed

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Exploitation Competition

populations (or organisms) depress each other through use of a shared resource

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Interference Competition

one population (or organism) directly prevents other populations (or organisms) from using the resource

• Allelopathy: plant releases biotoxins into the soil that prevent

competitors from growing

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Pre-emptive Competition

one population (or organism) occupies space that then is no longer available to other populations (or

organisms) (think plants or barnacles, sessile organisms)