Intraspecific competition is the interaction between members of the same species that vie for the same resource in an ecosystem (e.g. food, light, nutrients, space). Resources comprise the base material for an activity or industry: factors of production, the economics term human capital, human resources (HR) and innovation natural resources resource (computer science) resource (Web) resource (Windows) resource (Macintosh) resource (political) resource (project management) Resource Distribution, human influence and the effects of trade. ... An ecosystem, a contraction of ecological and system, refers to the collection of components and processes that comprise, and govern the behavior of, some defined subset of the biosphere. ...

(e.g. male broadtailed hummingbird chases other birds of the same species away from his territory in the Rocky Mountains.)

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Further reading

Solomon, E. P., Berg, L. R., & Martin, D. W. (2002). Biology, sixth edition. (N. Rose, Ed.). Stamford, CT: Thomson Learning.

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