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Interspecific Competition
This image was taken on South College Road in Wilmington North Carolina in late May of 2016.
The image shows interspecific competition among two different species within the same population (Humans and Canadian Geese). The Canadian Geese (Branta canadensis) are taking a stand and competing against humans here for premier travel space. In this example of competition it is most likely a fleeting moment. One of two things will happen. Either the geese will decide to become more aggressive in their strives to achieve transport lane dominance in the population and subsequently become victim to human predation (taken out by a car) or they will let species one (humans) win this competition with little resistance by simply moving off the road or perhaps entering into a new travel space that humans don't occupy as heavily (the air).
In the latter example of the geese moving away from the resource of the road and into the free air space, there can be a shift from competition with humans to coexistence, there is no longer a resource that both species are seeking to use. However although it will be closer to a coexistence, there is a scenario in which it becomes a competition for airspace as well, human air transport vehicles.
This spatial competition for land (and select air/water competition) will prevent the geese from ever becoming the dominant species in this population (under the current conditions and with current resources present). The carrying capacity for the geese is far less than that of the humans in this population due to humans hoarding of all the resources. Also (most) humans show little to no regard for the others species present in the population, leading to not only overuse of resources but unnecessary hunting/predation and destruction of habitat.
Interspecific Competition
This image was taken on South College Road in Wilmington North Carolina in late May of 2016.
The image shows interspecific competition among two different species within the same population (Humans and Canadian Geese). The Canadian Geese (Branta canadensis) are taking a stand and competing against humans here for premier travel space. In this example of competition it is most likely a fleeting moment. One of two things will happen. Either the geese will decide to become more aggressive in their strives to achieve transport lane dominance in the population and subsequently become victim to human predation (taken out by a car) or they will let species one (humans) win this competition with little resistance by simply moving off the road or perhaps entering into a new travel space that humans don't occupy as heavily (the air).
In the latter example of the geese moving away from the resource of the road and into the free air space, there can be a shift from competition with humans to coexistence, there is no longer a resource that both species are seeking to use. However although it will be closer to a coexistence, there is a scenario in which it becomes a competition for airspace as well, human air transport vehicles.
This spatial competition for land (and select air/water competition) will prevent the geese from ever becoming the dominant species in this population (under the current conditions and with current resources present). The carrying capacity for the geese is far less than that of the humans in this population due to humans hoarding of all the resources. Also (most) humans show little to no regard for the others species present in the population, leading to not only overuse of resources but unnecessary hunting/predation and destruction of habitat.