Gause's Principle of Competitive Exclusion Is Based on the Idea

question 28

Multiple Choice

Gause's principle of competitive exclusion is based on the idea that ____.  

• A) larger organisms exclude smaller ones through competition as in the case of large trees controlling underbrush
• B) competition for the same resources excludes species having different life styles
• C) no two species can occupy the same niche indefinitely when resources are limited
• D) two species can coexist if their niches do not overlap
• E) species survival depends upon coevolution

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