Similar Species Occupying Slightly Different Niches in the Same Community

question 9

Multiple Choice

Similar species occupying slightly different niches in the same community is shown by

• A)the presence of carp in polluted waters in the United States.
• B)fluctuation of the snowshoe hare and lynx populations in Canada.
• C)competition between two species of barnacles in Scotland,resulting in one living in the intertidal zone and the other living below this species.
• D)removal of a starfish species from intertidal communities in Washington.
• E)killing dingoes in Australia or coyotes in the American West.

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