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Preferred term

competition

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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

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/USLterCV_120

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