Q.

Inspite of interspecific competition in nature, which mechanism the competing species might have evolved for their survival            [2021]

1 Predation  
2 Resource partitioning  
3 Competitive release  
4 Mutualism  

Ans.

(2)

If two species compete for the same resource, they could avoid competition by choosing different times for feeding or different foraging patterns. This is called resource partitioning.