What is Interspecific competition?
[[File:Panthera_leo_&_Crocuta_crocuta.jpg|thumb|Young male [[lion]] and [[spotted hyena]] in the [[Masai Mara]]. The two species share the same [[ecological niche]], they compete with each other.]] In [[ecology]], '''interspecific competition''' is when individuals of different [[species]] [[Competition|compete]] for the same resources, in an [[ecosystem]]. Examples for such resources are [[food]], or space. Even species that never meet can compete with each other, because they need the same resources: Two kinds of [[Predation|predators]] might prey on the same animals. Interspecific competition is important, because it regulates the [[population]] of the different species. It is one of the ways [[natural selection]] happens. Interspecific competition causes [[evolution]]. When two individuals of the same species compete, this is called [[intraspecific competition]]. {{Biology-stub}} [[Category:Biological competition]]