Select the incorrect statement from the following.
- AThe competitively superior barnacle Balanus dominates the intertidal area and excludes the smaller barnacle Chathamalus from that zone.
- BHerbivores and plants appear to be more adversely affected by competition than carnivores.
- CIn the Galapagos Islands,Abingdon tortoises became extinct within a decade after goats were introduced there.
- DCompetition is a process in which the fitness of one species is significantly lower in the presence of another species.
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Statement $II:$ In general,carnivores are more adversely affected by competition than herbivores.
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Statement $II:$ In general,carnivores are more adversely affected by competition than herbivores.
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Column-$I$ Column-$II$ $P. +,+$ $I. \text{Mutualism}$ $Q. -,-$ $II. \text{Parasitism}$ $R. -,0$ $III. \text{Competition}$ $S. +,0$ $IV. \text{Amensalism}$ $T. +,-$ $V. \text{Commensalism}$ $VI. \text{Predation}$
| Column-$I$ | Column-$II$ |
| $P. +,+$ | $I. \text{Mutualism}$ |
| $Q. -,-$ | $II. \text{Parasitism}$ |
| $R. -,0$ | $III. \text{Competition}$ |
| $S. +,0$ | $IV. \text{Amensalism}$ |
| $T. +,-$ | $V. \text{Commensalism}$ |
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