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Record 1 2012-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Plant Biology
  • Animal Behaviour
DEF

The struggling relation which occurs between organisms occupying the same area and dependant upon the same supply of physical factors, when two or more organisms make demands in excess of the supply.

CONT

Competition among plants in a sward.

OBS

The term "competition" is, properly speaking, confined to those cases in the general struggle for existence in which living organisms compete or strive with one another for a limited supply of the necessaries of life - water, light, salts, insect visitors and so on.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Comportement animal
DEF

Comportement simultané de plusieurs organismes ou ensembles vivants tendant à accaparer les ressources d'un milieu.

OBS

La compétition est intraspécifique quand elle s'établit entre individus de la même espèce; elle est interspécifique, si les individus appartiennent à des espèces différentes. Il peut y avoir compétition pour la lumière, l'eau ou des éléments nutritifs par exemple.

PHR

Compétition microbienne, compétition entre espèces vivantes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
  • Biología vegetal
  • Comportamiento animal
DEF

Relación interespecífica entre dos especies que luchan o compiten por algún recurso.

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