Communities & Competition
Organisms in a community compete with each other for resources to survive and reproduce.
Do you know what plants compete for?
What is Communities & Competition?
"A community is a group of interdependent organisms of different species that live in the same habitat and compete for resources."
If two species depend on the same limited food source in a habitat, what are they doing?
Animals in the same habitat are most likely to compete for which resource?
Plants in a habitat are most likely to compete with each other for which resource?
Competition Basics
Animals compete for food, mates, and territory.
Plants compete for light, space, water, and mineral ions from the soil.
Interdependence is the idea that species depend on each other for food, shelter, pollination, and seed dispersal.
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