Use the websites linked here to answer the following questions:
- What is a niche?
- If two organisms occupy the same niche, what happens?
- Explain the concept of competition
- What factors do organisms compete over?
- Why do resources become scarce in an ecosystem?
- Will competition occur if resources are in excess?
- Thinking about the concept of dynamic equilibrium, what is the end result of resource scarcity and competition?
- How do adaptive traits evolve from competition?
