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Competitive inhibition
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one species inhibits another species in the struggle for resources
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competitive exclusion
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stable populations of two or more species cannot continuously occupy the same niche
ONE SPECIES, ONE NICHE |
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resource partitioning
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species within a community differentially exploit resources
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temporal partitioning
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daily or season
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spatial partitioning
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use of habitat
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behavioral partitioning
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exploit different resources using different behavior
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wading bird resource partitioning
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1) Can feed in different areas of marsh - leg size
2) Bill size differences allow for different prey selection 3) Behavioral differences allow birds to forage for different sizes of prey items |
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demographic transition
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with economic development (per capita income rises), birth rates fall.
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