At First, a Dog Walks Away from Its Bed Whenever

question 141

Multiple Choice

At first, a dog walks away from its bed whenever the new cat approaches.The cat then stretches out on the bed by itself.This is an example of _______.After a few weeks, the dog stays on the bed and curls up tighter, and the cat curls up in the unused part of the bed.This is an example of _______.

• A) intraspecific competition; character displacement
• B) character displacement; intraspecific competition
• C) resource partitioning; competitive exclusion
• D) resource partitioning; intraspecific competition
• E) competitive exclusion; resource partitioning

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