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NEET 2021
Exam
NEET
Year
2021
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Organisms and Populations

NEET 2021 · Zoology · Organisms and Populations

Inspite of interspecific competition in nature, which mechanism the...

Inspite of interspecific competition in nature, which mechanism the competing species might have evolved for their survival?

Options

  1. AResource partitioning
  2. BCompetitive release
  3. CMutualism
  4. DPredation

Correct answer

A. Resource partitioning

Step-by-step solution

Resource partitioning- If two species compete for the same resource, they could avoid competition by choosing, for instance, different times for feeding or different foraging patterns. Resource partitioning is also known as niche differentiation. This is a process of natural selection that will force competitors to use resources differently and this avoids competition between species and allow for coexistence.

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