Biology / Unit 14 Bio 3591 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Community Interactions: Competition
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The idea
Competition is a community interaction where two species or individuals use the same limited resource, reducing both's fitness, whether through direct interference or indirect resource depletion.
In practice
Two plant species drawing on the same limited soil nitrogen compete even without any direct contact.
Where people slip
Competition need not involve physical confrontation — resource depletion alone produces the same fitness cost as direct interference.
Your place on the trail
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