Two species of buttercup are found in the same field in South Dakota, but they emerge at different times: One species emerges and flowers in early spring, and the other species does not emerge until late summer, after the first species has set seed. This is an example of

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Maria Franco

13 January, 00:00

Two species of buttercup are found in the same field in South Dakota, but they emerge at different times: One species emerges and flowers in early spring, and the other species does not emerge until late summer, after the first species has set seed. This is an example of

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Alina Meadows · Answer 1

Resource Partitioning.

Explanation:

The ability of two organisms of the same species, in the same ecological niche of limited resources, to avoid competition for the limited resources and co-exit with one another with the limited resources available is called Resource Partition. Thus the two buttercup species on the same field (niche) flowered at different periods to ration the limited resources (insect pollinators, soil nutrients, space,) available.

It is applicable to habitat and food resources. It gives room for long term co-existence of similar species of organisms, and prevent extinction of disadvantaged species.

It provides insights to how resources in an ecosystem is used a particular species of organism, and the effect of removal a specie of organism on the allocation of resources available.