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The principle of competitive exclusion was stated by:

  1. A
    Verhulst and Pearl
  2. B
    C. Darwin
  3. C
    G. F. Gause
  4. D
    MacArthur

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Gause's Competitive Exclusion Principle states that two closely related species competing for the same resources cannot co-exist indefinitely and the competitively inferior one will eventually be eliminated.

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The principle of competitive exclusion was stated by:
A
Verhulst and Pearl
B
C. Darwin
C
G. F. Gause
D
MacArthur

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