Environmental Thesaurus

Last uploaded: September 14, 2024
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http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21495

Preferred Name

niche overlap

Definitions

[Henderson's] the situation where two or more species use the same resources or the same habitat within a community and thus share the same ecological niche, lead­ing to competition between them. Two species with identical niche requirements cannot co-exist in the same community, but niche overlap may be seen where there are small and difficult to determine eco­logical differences between species.

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http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept

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creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997

definition

[Henderson's] the situation where two or more species use the same resources or the same habitat within a community and thus share the same ecological niche, lead­ing to competition between them. Two species with identical niche requirements cannot co-exist in the same community, but niche overlap may be seen where there are small and difficult to determine eco­logical differences between species.

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niche overlap

created

2016-10-12

broader

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21447

modified

2019-02-17

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