competition
Simultaneous demand by two or more organisms for a limited resource such as food, light or living space.
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Ichthyological terms, not general ones.
competitor
An organism living in competition with another.
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biotic
Consisiting of, associated with or derived from living organisms. Biotic factors in an environment include the organisms themselves plus predation, competition and other interrelationships.
resource partitioning
Form of niche differentiation by which two species partition (divide) a resource based on behavioral or morphological variation in order to ensure their mutual survival by reducing competition.
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