- (C) Coexistence between direct competitors is not possible (i.e., when two
species use the same resource in the same way, the stronger competitor will
dominate and survive over the other). Resource partitioning is the process
whereby similar species exploit the limited resources in an ecological area
without one species driving the other into extinction (e.g., one species may
forage in the treetops while another forages on the ground). Similar species
may evolve traits that allow each to exploit a distinct subset of the same
resource, and, through natural selection, each species adopts a pattern of
resource usage that isn’t competitive.
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