Among which of the following pairs of organisms is competitionlikely to be most

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Among which of the following pairs of organisms is competitionlikely to be most intense? A. hummingbirds - honeybees B. wolves - bison C. grasshoppers - honeybees D. mature white oak trees - young white oak trees My first instinct is B. wolves and bison because wolves oftenkill bison and competition would seem to be fierce. Hummingbirdsand honeybees, however, eat the same thing so would theircompetition be more intense? The trees in choice D are of the samespecies and I thought that I read that competition is more intensewhen it occurs within the same species. I didn't think that C.sounded like the answer. Which do you think sounds mostsensible? Among which of the following pairs of organisms is competitionlikely to be most intense? A. hummingbirds - honeybees B. wolves - bison C. grasshoppers - honeybees D. mature white oak trees - young white oak trees My first instinct is B. wolves and bison because wolves oftenkill bison and competition would seem to be fierce. Hummingbirdsand honeybees, however, eat the same thing so would theircompetition be more intense? The trees in choice D are of the samespecies and I thought that I read that competition is more intensewhen it occurs within the same species. I didn't think that C.sounded like the answer. Which do you think sounds mostsensible?

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Bison and wolves don't necessarily compete with each other considering that bison are herbivores and wolves are carnivorous.  But hummingbirds and honeybees both consume nectar, I would go with A.

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