interference competition in a sentence
Examples
- Competition for resources can be characterized by either scramble competition whereby each individual strives to get a portion of the shared resource, or by interference competition whereby the presence of competitors prevents a forager's accessibility to resources.
- Another example is driving of bisexual rock lizards of genus " Darevskia " from their natural habitats by a daughter unisexual form; interference competition can be ruled out in this case, because parthenogenetic forms of the lizards never demonstrate aggressive behavior.
- This fact is particularly curious because of the presence of a very aggressive ant family, " Iridomyrmex ", which is quite proficient at interference competition . " Iridomyrmex " ants are able to quickly seek out food sources and prevent other ant species from reaching them.
- Killer whales are known to sometimes kill the young of other whales while hunting in packs, earning them the title " wolves of the sea ", and in very rare cases even kill small great white sharks and mature leopard seals though the former is likely a case of interference competition.