According to Gause, Two Species That Use the Same Resource

question 49

Multiple Choice

According to Gause, two species that use the same resource do fine when they exist separately, but one outcompetes the other when they're together. What does this illustrate?

• A) Mutualism
• B) Competition
• C) The life-dinner principle
• D) The competitive exclusion principle
• E) Murphy's law

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