Study Guide for Campbell Biology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134443775
Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor, Michael A. Pollock
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 54, Problem 5TYK
Two shops in the same block are selling coffee and donuts, and business is poor for each party. One shop decides to specialize, selling gourmet coffee with donuts as a minor side line. The other shop sells specialty donuts and pastries and rather ordinary coffee. Both businesses thrive. The changes in the two shops are a model for
- a. competitive exclusion.
- b.
resource partitioning. - c. exploitation.
- d. mutualism.
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