Given below are two statements:
- AGause’s competitive exclusion principle states that two closely related species competing for different resources cannot exist indefinitely.
- BAccording to Gause’s principle, during competition, the inferior will be eliminated. This may be true if resources are limiting.
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
Statement I is false: The principle applies to species competing for the same resources, not different.Statement II is true: Superior competitors eventually eliminate the inferior ones if resources are limited.