Resource partitioning enables species that are better competitors to exclude similar species from a community.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
The term resource partitioning describes the differentiation of niches, both in space and time, that enables similar species to coexist in a community. We can think of resource partitioning as reflecting the results of past competition, in which competition leads the inferior competitor to eventually occupy a different niche.
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