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The competitive exclusion of principle states that two species cannot occupy the same niche indefinitely. What is a fundamental assumption of this principle?

Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)

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Author:Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan

Publisher:Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan

Chapter53: Population Interactions And Community Ecology

Section53.2: The Nature Of Ecological Communities

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