Abstract:The occurrence of interspecific competition is related to overlap in resources use by species and to the lowering of resources availability for a given species due to their use or anticipated appropriation by another one. Competitive interactions may produce a distinct pattern of resources use by the species, as that previously detected between Tropidurus psammonastes (Tropiduridae) and the species Eurolophosaurus divaricatus (Tropiduridae) and Cnemidophorus sp n (Teiidae), species of lizards endemic to the du… Show more
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