The physical structure of species competing for resources in the same ecological niche tends to gradually evolve in ways that allow them to occupy different niches.
争夺同一生态资源的物种趋向于朝着依赖不同资源的方向进化；而相互竞争的物种会逐渐改变他们的活动范围，使其领地不再重叠。
An ancestral species might have adapted to exploit a particular ecological niche on one island and then traveled over water to colonize other islands.
一个原始物种可能已经适应了利用一个岛屿上特定的生态位，然后在水上迁徙到其他岛屿定居。
"Life on Earth has radiated into every conceivable - and in some cases almost inconceivable - ecological niche," says Chris Impey of the University of Arizona in Tucson, US.
“地球上的生命已经涉足所有可想象的——某些情况下几乎不可想象的——生态环境。”美国图森市亚利桑那州大学的Chris Impey说。
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