Answer:
The correct answer is - to increase their survivability and reproductivity in the species.
Explanation:
Competition is the result of an interaction between two or more species or populations where both need or depends on the same limited resources that is utilized and protected by both and due to this one individual reduces the survival or reproduction of another individual.
In order to survive and reproduce their numbers species have to find other resources to feed or utilize or have to find new ways as if they did not adapt as per the changes they will be left very few or extinct.