Which term describes the action of lions and hyenas fighting for the right to eat a dead gazelle?

A. Carrying capacity

B. Biomass

C. Interspecific competition

D. Intraspecific competition

C. Interspecific competition in ecology, is a form of competition in which individuals of different species compete for the same resources in an ecosystem (e. g. food or living space). This can be contrasted with interspecific cooperation, a type of symbiosis.