Question

A type of competition in which organisms share a resource, but one uses it more efficiently than the other, is called what?

Options

• Exploitative competition

• Interference competition

• Character displacement

• Fundamental niche

Answer 1

Exploitative competition is a type of indirect competition where organisms share a resource, but one individual or species uses it more efficiently or rapidly than the other, thereby depleting it. An example is flamingos and fish competing for zooplankton in the same water body.