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Published on: August 20, 2026

Carnivorous animals - lions and leopards, occupy the same niche but lions predate mostly larger animals and leopards take smaller ones. This mechanism of competition is referred to as :-

A
Character displacement
B
Altruism
C
Resource partitioning
D
Competitive exclusion

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C

Lions and leopards use different food resources to reduce competition.

This sharing of resources is called resource partitioning.

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