Two species of grasshoppers live in the same area. They both feed on plants, but the presence of one species does not affect either the survival or the reproduction of the other. What type of competition is this?

a. Interference
b. Exploitative
c. Allelopathy
d. Logistic
e. This is not an example of competition

This is not an example of competition.

Explanation:

a.Interference competition is also known as direct competition when direct competition takes place between individuals via aggregation.One individual interferes with the survival, foraging, food and reproduction  of another individual by their physical appearance.

b.Exploitative competition means when an individual indirectly interferes with the food resource, territory, prey etc.  of another individual.

c. Allelopathy is a type of phenomena where an individual secrete certain chemicals that induce the growth, germination, reproduction of another individual.

d.logistic competition is described in Lotka Volterra model of inter specific competition.

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