NEET Biology question

Two species competing for the same resource can avoid competition by choosing different habits. This phenomenon is called and was supported by .

(A)Competitive exclusion, Gause
(B)Competitive exclusion, MacArthur
(C)Resource partitioning, Gause
(D)Resource partitioning, MacArthurCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

When two competing species reduce competition by differing in the time, place or manner in which they use a shared resource, this is called resource partitioning, a concept notably supported and developed through the field

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