Sentence examples for competitors for resources from inspiring English sources
Even more critically, Americans can no longer count on abundant supplies of cheap fossil fuels, because developing nations like China and India are emerging as major competitors for resources.
In the Pacific, S. droebachiensis is embedded in a complex community that includes 2 4 congeners, some of which may act as competitors for resources.
The ecological community of fresh water stickleback is relatively simple, with no close heterospecific vertebrate competitors for resources (but see Gray et al. 2005).
Under conditions of high population density, species that overlap in their ecological niches may experience increased resource competition; thus, during these times infanticide could conceivably be used as a strategy to eliminate potential future competitors for resources or space.
The number of offspring produced by a female is determined by the number of competitors for resources within her home range (local density) and by the match between her visual properties and the environmental light color.
Because members of a guild engage in similar activities, it is not surprising that they are often competitors for the resources they share, especially when those resources are scarce.
Furthermore, when individuals within populations compete for access to resources affecting reproduction (food, shelters, nesting sites), the number of competitors for those resources will affect the level of aggressive competition in that population.
Societal breakdown, harsh economies or political turmoil can activate resentment toward high-status minorities, who are seen as competitors for limited resources or even dangerous enemies.
All plant species need light, water, and nutrients to survive, so you might expect that the fiercest competitors for these resources would dominate habitats everywhere.
On the contrary, Rupshu pastoralists increasingly complain of wild herbivores such as kiangs (Equus kiang) and marmots (Marmota himalayana) as the main competitors for pasture resources (e.g. Bhatnagar et al. 2006b).
