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competitive exclusion
noun
The principle that states that two species who are very similar, and compete for the same resources, cannot coexist indefinitely, as the one with the slight advantage will outperform the other and eventually drive it into extinction.
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Clearly, competitive exclusion solely due to competition between mobile livestock and wildlife is unlikely.
Intraspecific aggregation enabled the coexistence of competitively weak species by reducing interspecific competitive exclusion processes.
Individuals emigrating from source areas prevent competitive exclusion in sink areas (where they are competitively inferior).
The competitive exclusion scenario is dependent on the initial population size of each species.
These results suggest the absence of competitive exclusion.
In this situation, competitive exclusion as well as coexistence may occur.
In 1980, Hansen and Hubbel [43] observed the competitive exclusion principle in the biological chemostat experiments.
Mutual competitive exclusion, where whichever strategy is established first cannot be invaded, is also possible.
It is well known that the competitive exclusion principle is the most important rule for a population system.
Further, notwithstanding the chances for competitive exclusion, many species of phytoplankton can coexist owing to their distinctive needs and adaptations.
The global stable manifold of the saddle point is the boundary for population coexistence and competitive exclusion [9].
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