Which of the Following Best Describes Resource Partitioning

question 51

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes resource partitioning?

• A)competitive exclusion that results in the success of the superior species
• B)slight variations in a species's niche that allow similar species to coexist
• C)two species that can coevolve to share an identical fundamental niche
• D)decreases in community species diversity due to differential resource use
• E)climax community that is reached when no new niches are available

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Definitions:

Price Elasticities

Measures that indicate how much the quantity demanded or supplied of a good responds to changes in its price.

Original Buyers

Individuals or entities that are the first to purchase a particular product or asset from its initial point of sale.

Nondiscriminating

Pertaining to market practices or policies that do not differentiate between customers on any basis, often used in the context of uniform pricing.

Unregulated Monopolist

A single seller in a market without government controls, setting prices and output levels at will to maximize profits.