Chapter 4, Ecosystems and Communities - Assessment - 4.2 Niches and Community Interactions - Understand Key Concepts/Think Critically - Page 124: 12

There is greater competition between members of the same species rather than between organisms of different species because members of the same species occupy exactly the same niche in the same habitat at the same time. Members of two species most likely will not have the exact same niche; otherwise, one species would have died off already.

There is greater competition between members of the same species rather than between organisms of different species because members of the same species occupy exactly the same niche in the same habitat at the same time. Members of two species most likely will not have the exact same niche; otherwise, one species would have died off already.