Which of the Following Is a Possible Outcome of Competition

question 77

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a possible outcome of competition involving two species?

• A) Some individuals of both species experience reduced growth and reproductive rates.
• B) One species excludes the other from a habitat it would occupy in the absence of competition.
• C) One species restricts the geographic range of the other species.
• D) The species evolve to divide up the limiting resource and continue to coexist in the same locality.
• E) All of the above

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