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Intraspecific Competition: Patella Cochlear

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Two examples of intraspecific competition, which is the competition for a shared resource among members of the same species are Patella cochlear because they compete for food and space (Branch, 1975), and Helicopsyche borealis larvae that also compete for periphyton (Lamberty, Feminella, & Resh, 1987). Two examples of interspecific competition, which is the competition for limited resources between individuals of different species are lions and leopards because both feed on the same prey, and two different species of trees in a dense forest because they compete for the incoming sunlight (Diamond, 1978). Intraspecific competition is the most intense competition because members of the same species compete between each other for the same

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