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Published on: August 11, 2026

Who proposed the competitive exclusion principle?

A
Gause
B
Robert May
C
Darwin
D
Von Humboldt

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G.F. Gause proposed the Competitive Exclusion Principle, which states that two closely related species competing for the same limiting resources cannot coexist indefinitely; the competitively inferior one will eventually be eliminated.

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