Competitive exclusion is based upon the idea that ____

a. one species will voluntarily allow the other to survive
b. no two species can completely occupy the same niche
c. the larger species will dominate the smaller
d. competition is overrated as a factor in species survival
e. two species can live together, if they share the same niche but only at alternate times


ANSWER: b

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