Question

Competitive exclusion does not result in _____.

A. destruction of a food resource
B. eviction of a population from a niche
C. extinction of a population
D. survival of both species

someone please answer :')

Answer 1

The correct answer is the destruction of a food resource. It can't be D because this is just one population not the whole species so both species do survive. One population does go extinct but like I said not the whole species so it can't be C. Lastly one population does become extinct so a population is evicted from its niche. Leaving only A.

Answer 2

Competitive exclusion does not result in D. survival of both species. By its definition, competitive exclusion requires that a species or competitor be excluded through that competition, so it is impossible for both to survive.