Coexistencof Twelvspecies of Fruit-Eating Pigeons in a New Guinea Forest

question 24

Multiple Choice

Coexistencof twelvspecies of fruit-eating pigeons in a New Guinea forest is an examplof

• A)resource partitioning.
• B)competition.
• C)predation.
• D)parasitism.
• E)commensalism.

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