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Explain how selective pressure differs when species are exposed to competitive versus consumption (e.g., predator/prey) interactions and describe how this affects their adaptation to the interaction

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Apparent competition occurs when two individuals that do not directly compete for resources affect each other indirectly by being prey for the same predator (Hatcher et al. ... The opposite effect could also occur through a decrease in food resources for the predator

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