When two species have overlapping niches and one species is excluded by the other, it is an example of
a. a fundamental niche.
b. competitive inclusion.
c. a realized habitat.
d. intraspecific competition.
e. competitive exclusion.
E
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another. a. scarce; attract b. clumped; neither attract nor avoid c. random; avoid d. uniform; neither attract nor avoid e. scarce; avoid
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1) Tens to hundreds 2) Hundreds to thousands 3) Thousands to millions 4) All of the above
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a. Increases in the predator growth rate. b. Decreases in the predator growth rate. c. No change in the predator growth rate. d. The predator growth rate is not affected by the prey growth rate.