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According to the competitive exclusion principle, two species cannot continue to occupy the same
1. territory
2. niche
3. community
4. population
5. habitat

a. commensalisms
b. mutualism
c. predator prey relationship
d. competitive exclusion

1- what is the competitive exclusion principle ?
2- Explain how tow similar species of birds could nest in the same tree and yet occupy different niches.
3- Distinguish between a fundamental niche and a realized niche .
4- State why , in the study of competition between two species of barnacles . Semibalanus balanoides was the superior competitor, yet chthamalus stellatus was not excluded from the community.
5- Distinguish between niche and habitat.
6- can an organism’s realized niche be larger than its fundamental niche ? justify your answer .
7- what are the different niches of Chthamalus stellatus and semibalnus balanoides ?
8- what happened in connell’s experiment with cthmalus stellatus and semibalanus balannoides ?

a. interspecific competition
b. intraspecific competition
c. niche (fundamental/realized)
d. competitive exclusion principle
e. resource partitioning
f. saw tooth curve

A. Niche competition C. Interspecific competition
B. Competitive exclusion principle D. Resource partitioning

I understand competitive exclusion but wouldn’t the same logic extend to the animals of the same species if we’re going to take competitive exclusion to this extreme?