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character displacement [′kar·ik·tər dis′plās·mənt]

(ecology)

An outcome of competition in which two species living in the same area have evolved differences in morphology or other characteristics that lessen competition for food resources.

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No references found			Size patterns among competitors: Ecological character displacement and character release in mammals, with special reference to island populations. Probability of competition between introduced and native rodents in ... by Miljutin, Andrei; Lehtonen, Jukka T. / Estonian Journal of Ecology Character displacement relates to the fact that where two species co-occur in geographic regions, they differ more than in locations where they do not co-occur. The behaviour of the species by Thomas, Deborah / Traffic (Parkville) That quirk achieved textbook status as the only documented example of the theory of convergent character displacement, explain Robert J. Fading to black doesn't empower fish by S.M. / Science News			Chapygin, Aleksei Pavlovich Char Char, René Chara Characeae Characidae characin Characinoidei Characoidei Character Character Actor character adjustment character analysis character based character boundary character cell character code character convergence Character Dance character data character data type character defense character density character device character disorder character displacement character display terminal character emitter character encoding character encoding scheme character field character fill character generator character graphics character group character key Character Map character mode character neurosis character of the bottom character outline character pitch character printer character progression Character Reader character recognition character repertoire character set character set identifier character skew character stasis			character dancer Character dancers Character dancers character dancing character dancing character data character data character data character data character data Character Data Archive Character Data Representation Architecture character data type Character Day of Week character defense character defense character defense character defense character density Character design Character design Character design Character design Character device Character disorder Character disorder character disorders character disorders character disorders character disorders character displacement character display terminal Character divergence Character Education and Civic Engagement Technical Assistance Center Character Education Program Character Education Programme of New Zealand character emitter Character encoding Character encoding Character Encoding Framework character encoding scheme Character encodings Character Error Rate Character escaping Character evidence Character evidence character field character fill Character Form for the Representation and eXchange of Data Character generation Character generator Character generator Character Generator RAM Character Generator ROM character graphics Character Graphics Printer Character group Character Guidance

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