Gause's principle of competitive exclusion states that

  • A
    no two species can occupy the same niche indefinitely for the same limiting resources
  • B
    larger organisms exclude smaller ones through competition
  • C
    more abundant species will exclude the less abundant species through competition
  • D
    competition for the same resources exclude species having different food preferences.

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