That was the beauty of Pettitte, whose competitive alter-ego bordered on obsession to the point that the Yankees' pitchers jokingly called him by another name, Lloyd, on days that he pitched.
Since China joined the WTO in December 2001, becoming subject to its rules on free and fair trade, accusations of mercantilist behaviour have sounded even more hollow than they did before.Inevitably, as China grows, some countries will find their competitive position altered and the adjustment painful.
At the community level, competitive interactions can lead to competitive exclusion, may alter community structure among co-occurring species (Lamb et al. 2009) and can influence plant invasions (Levine 2001; Gurevitch et al. 2011, Bennett et al. 2014).
Nash Suding, K. & Goldberg, D. Do disturbances alter competitive hierarchies?
At the same time, selective logging may alter competitive interactions among tree species, releasing remaining trees from light, nutrient or space limitations.
Endophytes may alter competitive abilities of host individuals and improve host fitness under stress, but may also become pathogenic.
Note, however, that this does not permit exploring the effects of over-exploitation, which could alter competitive dynamics.
Additionally, other studies have focused on evaluating how endophytes alter competitive abilities of host individuals and improve host fitness under abiotic or biotic stress [14], [15].
Phage can alter competitive interactions between bacterial species in a way that is consistent with the maintenance of coexistence.
It is only when contracts are not renewed that the competitive culture will alter the manufacturing priorities [ 11].
The recent cocirculation of these closely related flaviviruses has raised the possibility that competitive pressures might alter the transmission cycle of WNV, SLEV, or both (3, 4 ).
