Interspecific Competition

Question 1

What is interspecific competition?

Answer 1

Interspecific Competition = individuals of different species compete for the same resources in an ecosystem

Question 2

How does non renewable, renewable and constant rate resource dynamics affect population? (resource supply rate, point)

Answer 2

if Non Renewable:

1. expect increase in population then results in extinction
2. some species able to survive period of limited resource → reach carrying capacity

if Completely Renewable:

results in exponential increase in population (although cannot go on indefinitely as pop will eventually be too much for resources available

if constant rate: (resource supply rate)

reaches an equilibrium where consumption = supply (R*) → any changes will cause pop size to return to eqm e.g not enough resources → some die → resource increase so pop size increase

Resource Supply Point = measures total amount of resource in environment (can be in environment or bound up in organisms