| Question | Answer |
| character displacement | differences between sympatric species |
| morphology | form and structure of an organism |
| sympatric species | species avoiding competition by using different parts of resources |
| allopatric species | species with un-overlapping resources |
| resource partitioning | sharing resources using realized niche |
| principle of competitive exclusion | in a competition, the organism that uses resources more efficiently will eliminate the other if conditions stay constant |
| exploitative competition | consuming shared resources |
| interference competition | two organisms fight to use the same resources |
| interspecific competition | two organisms try to use same resources |
| realized niche | the actual niche that the organism uses |
| fundamental niche | entire niche that organism is capable of using |
| niche | net use of resources of an organism in environment |
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