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1) Direct (interference) competition
2) Exploitation competition |
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– 1) Energy (light): aboveground
– 2) Water: soil
– 3) Nutrients: mostly soil
– 4) Mutualists: pollinators, seed dispersers, etc. |
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Serpentine versus normal soils
Granite outcrop: depth of soil in soil pools |
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| Examples of stress gradients |
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| Lichen: partnership between fungi and unicellular photosynthesizer (green alga or cyanobacteria) |
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| Intraspecific competition |
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| competition between members of one species |
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| Alpha: competition coefficient |
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| Expresses effect of individual of species 2 on individual of species 1 |
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| Beta: competition coefficient |
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Expresses effect of individual of
species 1 on individual of species 2 |
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| Competition often asymmetric |
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effect of species 1 on species 2
is not same as that of species 2 on species 1 |
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