Chthamalus barnacles occupy their realized niche due to:
“Interspecific competition with Balanus” for chthamalus barnacles occupy their realized niche due to. This relationship follows from the ecological mechanism represented by the terms in the item, not merely from an association between their names. Niche differentiation reduces overlap by separating species along resource, space, or time axes. Such partitioning can stabilize coexistence when each species performs relatively better under the conditions it uses most strongly. The remaining alternatives—“Lack of predators”, “Climate change”, “Low reproductive rate”—refer to different states, proce
Ref: Ecology: Concepts and Applications, Molles, 9th Ed., Ch. 13