No a small load would take less time because the clothes are more spaced out
It needs to reach out long to eat the leaves on the tree
Well because it is not used to anything yet and a new area the outcome will most likely be a super SLOW growth if it grows at all
The new better species can eat all of their food, take up all of their space, and be more physically dominant so that they are not challenged by the disappearing species. the newer species would have to reproduce really fast and be in its ideal habitat in order to do so and dominant the area or at least the food source for both the species