Interspecific competition

We have observed the morphological traits from male and female of two Bruchinae species, which are Senegalia tenuifolia seed-predators, and how these traits are influenced by the resource traits variation under different conditions such as sampling events and sites. In respect to our hypothesis in which the increase in resource quantity increases body size and biomass, we have confirmed it partially. In general, female insects tend to have a larger body size than the males, and the difference…

lack of diversity within the competition of space and lack of predators. Despite these favourable characteristics, certain limiting factors prevented the organisms from inhabiting the site. Perhaps the most crucial limiting factor was the substrate. Since barnacles secrete an adhesive onto solid rock to withstand high velocity waves and remain sessile, a porous substrate disabled the organism to effectively attach itself to its substrate. Another factor was the competition density that certain…

But Sprigg fails to acknowledge Dr. Bailey experiment that contained 244 pairs of twins. Sprigg’s merit could be question because withholding information to support his argument is fraudulent. Although Dr. Bailey did conduct an experiment with 27 pairs of twins, he later conducted an experiment with 244 pairs of twin. By increasing the group size it also increased the accuracy. Hypothetically it can be assumed that if we were to test every pair of twins that contain the Xq28 gene, the percentage…

fish are likely to be the most threatened (Reid et al., 2013). A significant responsibility for this is due to invasive species as well as overfishing and climate change. The introduction of non-native species often leads to the risk of interspecific competition with native wildlife, meaning that separate species that occupy the same niche will have to compete for resources, eventually resulting in the decline of one population (Toole &…

In experiment 1, the growth of Paramecium aurelia fits the curve of the logistic population growth because they have limited resources as the intraspecific competition, influencing negatively on fitness for both individuals. From Day 0 to Day 12, with unlimited resource, Paramecium aurelia is at the acceleration phase, more growing cells than dead cells. Day 12 where the inflection point is indicates the growth rate changes to constant. After Day 12 and until Day 14, the growth enters the…

Ovaskainen, 2000), establishment (Bowman, Cappuccino & Fahrig, 2002), habitat selection (Fletcher & Hutto, 2008), animal predation of pollinators (Batary & Baldi, 2004), resource quality (Burke & Nol, 1998), and interspecific competition. Edge effects in plant and animal communities are common but may be positive (Chen et al., 1992) or negative (Bruna 2002) and affect distributions, abundance (Bolger et al., 2000), growth (McDonald and Urban, 2004), and reproduction (Burgess et al., 2006). Edge…

microorganisms living together in a environment. Ecosystem includes both biotic and abiotic factors. Biotic factors include all of the living things such as plants, animals, bacteria, fungi and humans living in an area. The interactions between them such as competition, predation, mutualism and parasitism show that each species in an ecosystem has a direct effect on the other species in the ecosystem. Meanwhile, abiotic factors are the physical and chemical components of an ecosystem such as…

sense. With evolutionary processes, further experimental methods are needed in order to justify certain results, which can serve to justify results. With certain sources of evidence, the researchers were able to conclude that beak size evolved as competition of other species evolved (Grant et al. 2006). As the paper stated, I agree that further research needs to occur in order to confirm such assumptions. Further research can be done on perhaps how other important functional traits benefit…

Adaptive radiation usually occurs when an individual organism becomes the first to colonize a new vacant land. Because this individual has no competition, it has the advantage to explore the several different lifestyles of the land causing it to split into different species. Physical features of a species later change with respect to environmental changes giving rise to unique adaptations traits…

These are linked because the competition is primarily space. (Southward, 1987) This competition is both intraspecific (when they compete for space with members of their own species) and interspecific (when they compete with other and other species that are present). This competition leads to zonation because at lower tidal zones, the brown barnacle is out-competed by the column barnacle while at higher tidal…