Question

Bluebirds and blue jays, two bird species live in a small wooded area. The blue jays are very aggressive and eventually take over the nests of the bluebirds. This is an example of interspecific

a. competition.
b. control.
c. exclusion.
d. predation.

Answer 1

This is an example of Interspecific competition.
In ecology, this is a form of competition in which organisms/individuals of different species compete for the same resource in an ecosystem such as food, habitat or living space. The other form of competition is intraspecific competition, which involves organisms of the same species.