Preview - From Ecosystems To Speciation

Competition Between Individuals

Purpose

What causes competition between individuals in an ecosystem?

Overview

In class today, you will participate in a competition against your classmates.  Understanding ways in which competition occurs between individuals in a population is necessary to understand how complex interactions lead to changes in populations over time.

Questions

Please answer the questions below.

Give an example for when you intentionally competed against another person?

In general it probably isn't difficult for you to come up with examples of intentional competition, but what might unintentional competition look like? This would be competition against another person that is not done on purpose.

Notes

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