Question

What is resource partitioning and how is it an adaptation to competition? Provide an
example.

Answer 1

Definition:

Resource partitioning is the division of limited resources by species to help avoid competition in an ecological niche.

In any environment, organisms compete for limited resources, so organisms and different species have to find ways to coexist with one another.

Example:

Some lizard species appear to coexist because they consume insects of differing sizes.