EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Interspecific competition occurs between members of different species. For example, predators of different species might compete for the same prey.

Detailed explanation-3: -Examples: interspecific competition between lions and leopards that vie for similar prey and interspecific competition between rice paddies with weeds growing in the field.

Detailed explanation-4: -Organisms from different species compete for resources as well, called interspecies competition. For example, sharks, dolphins, and seabirds often eat the same type of fish in ocean ecosystems. Competition can be direct or indirect.

Detailed explanation-5: -In a review and synthesis of experimental evidence regarding interspecific competition, Schoener described six specific types of mechanisms by which competition occurs, including consumptive, preemptive, overgrowth, chemical, territorial, and encounter.