There are several different species of anole lizards in the Caribbean. All of them like to eat insects. How do these species reduce competition?
Nothing — it is impossible to reduce competition between species that need the same resources.
One species has developed a bigger brain and faster speed, and it is outcompeting all the other species, which are going extinct.
Some search for bugs at the top of the trees, some hunt on tree trunks, and some forage on the ground.
Question 24 1 points Save
The sum total of all of the ways that an organism uses the resources of its environment is called the species _____.
fecundity
niche
habitat
cohort
Question 25 1 points Save
When two species have made long-term adjustments to adapt to characteristics that affect each other, this is called _____.
r-selection
co-evolution
a density-independent effect
competitive exclusion
An animal with cryptic (camouflage) coloration is trying to _____.
hide from predators
warn predators that the organism is poisonous
attract a mate
develop a commensalistic relationship with another species