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Preferred term

niche overlap

Is replaced by

niche overlap

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.

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Entry terms

niche overlapping
niche overlaps

Creator

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

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0723

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Created 10/12/16, last modified 3/21/22

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