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Preferred term

competition

Definition

[Henderson's] n. (1) active demand by two or more organisms for a material or condition, so that both are inhibited by the demand, e.g. plants competing for light and water, cf. amensalism; (2) active demand by two or more substances for the same binding site on an enzyme or receptor. alt. competitive binding.

Broader concept

biological process

Note

[controlled by ] U Grandin, 2013-08-22

Scope note

US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21097

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Created 3/31/16, last modified 12/18/18

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