Different species may also "compete" ecologically, but that is a separate meaning of the word.

Details such as these suggested that past species had adapted and competed with each other for survival.

These species prey on and compete with various life stages of northern cisco.

But do sexual species compete with bacteria for resources or to produce more daughter species?

On islands where the two species compete directly, the differences between their beaks are greater.

Interference competition, in which species compete directly, can also occur.

These species may also compete with the sucker for food and space.

If a species cannot compete against a superior species, why try to save it?

This can be contrasted with interspecific competition, in which different species compete.

Invasive species can out compete native species and reduce biodiversity.