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INTERFERENCE
COMPETITION
Other species, such as red grouse, have a type
of interspecific competition known as interference
competition. In this case more aggressive
grouse establish a territory in which they obtain
food and cover. Less aggressive birds without
territories do not compete successfully for food
and often die of starvation. Thus, in interference
competition certain individuals obtain an adequate
supply of the limited resource at the expense
of other individuals in the population.
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