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Published on: August 12, 2026

Gause's principle of competitive exclusion states that :

A
More abundant species will exclude the less abundant species through competition.
B
Competition for the same resources excludes species having different food preferences.
C
No two species can occupy the same niche indefinitely for the same limiting resources.
D
Larger organisms exclude smaller ones through competition.

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C

Gause's competitive exclusion principle states that species competing for identical resources cannot coexist permanently. One species will eventually outcompete the other.

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