Typically, stronger competitors tend to monopolize resources and reduce access for other competitors. For example, antelope herds can eat all the vegetation on the ground, leaving very little for other grazers. Frugivorous birds (fruit-eating) often eat up all the fruits leaving behind little for the bats that feed on the same fruits. The stronger competitors always pose a threat to the survival of the weaker competitors, without any direct confrontation. Which of the following terms describes the situation the best?
Choose one:
O A. exploitative competition
OB. ghost of competition past
OC. intraspecific competition
OD. interference competition