And the finance houses say the move towards driverless vehicles, being pioneered by the likes of Google, poses a threat of even more severe potential new competition for the traditional car firms.
Agriculture is facing more severe and growing competition with other sectors for freshwater.
However, the decreasing rate of out-degree for serial growth slowed down when allowing more incoming connections (less severe competition).
Additionally, when measured, root competition is often a more severe limitation to plant growth than is competition aboveground (Casper and Jackson 1997).
NOM competition was more severe on the adsorption of 2-phenylphenol, a nonplanar and hydrophilic SOC, than phenanthrene, a planar and hydrophobic SOC, tested in this study.
"With global competition growing ever more severe, the new management system is aimed at boosting Toyota Motor's competitiveness," the company said.
This year's recruitment process will, in some ways, be even more challenging than last year's, with severe competition in some specialities and problems filling posts in others".
Interestingly, this effect was only evident in second hatched chicks, which might be explained by the fact these chicks suffer from more severe selective pressures due to sibling competition and brood reduction (unpublished data, see also [ 43]).
Conversely, given the reliability of the missed match injury definition [ 20], it is highly unlikely that a more severe injury resulting in loss of competition match play was missed.
Competition between trees is actually more severe under limiting conditions (water, nutrients, or light) than it is under toxic conditions.
