7879761 Monday, July 20, 2015 11:52 AM According to the competitive exclusion pr

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7879761 Monday, July 20, 2015 11:52 AM According to the competitive exclusion principle, the populations of two species that live in the same place and have exactly the same ecological requirements . a) can coexist at the same carrying capacity (K) as when each population is separate b) can coexist but with the population of each species at half of the carrying capacity (K) as when each population is separate c) can coexist but with the population of one species much higher than that of the other species d) cannot coexist because one species will eventually drive the other to extinction e) will oscillate near carrying capacity (K), with each increasing and decreasing in response to the other

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d. Cannot co-exist because one species will eventually drive the other to extinction.

According to the competitive exclusion principle, the populations of two species that live in the same place and have exactly the same ecological requirements cannot co-exist because one species will eventually drive the other to extinction.

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