What does the competitive exclusion principle state?
A. Two species will occupy the same niche when resources are limited.
B. Two species cannot occupy the same niche when resources are unlimited.
C. Two species cannot occupy the same niche when resources are limited.
D. Three species will occupy the same niche when resources are limited.

Question

What does the competitive exclusion principle state? 
	A.	Two species will occupy the same niche when resources are limited.
	B.	Two species cannot occupy the same niche when resources are unlimited.
	C.	Two species cannot occupy the same niche when resources are limited.
	D.	Three species will occupy the same niche when resources are limited.

anonymous · Answer

Do you know what a niche is?

anonymous · Answer

nope

anonymous · Answer

You need to figure that out before you can answer this.

anonymous · Answer

Or before anyone else can help you.

anonymous · Answer

It's the intersection between what the environment offers and what a species needs. A bird's niche might involve nesting in certain types of trees, eating certain types of seeds, etc.

If two different bird species had such similar niches that they were eating the same types of seeds, what might happen?