EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -In an ecosystem, you would most expect to find interspecific competition between populations of two species that occupy the same niche. two wasp species that mimic each other’s appearance. males of a species during the breeding season. males and females of a species in which both sexes occupy the same niche.

Detailed explanation-2: -When two species attempt to use the same resources or occupy the same space, it is described as niche overlap. Niche overlap results in interspecific competition (inter-means between species, as opposed to intraspecific, which is within-species competition).

Detailed explanation-3: -Interspecific competition results in resource partitioning (how organisms live together w/out going extinct). The more the niches of two species overlap (meaning less resource partitioning), the more the size of the populations will be limited.

Detailed explanation-4: -Interspecific competition is the competition between individuals of different species. Under this competition type we also recognize two types of competition but the interaction is between individuals of different species and not individuals of the same population as is the case in intraspecific competition.

Detailed explanation-5: -Intraspecific competition occurs between members of the same species. For example, two male birds of the same species might compete for mates in the same area. This type of competition is a basic factor in natural selection. It leads to the evolution of better adaptations within a species.