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Two different species cannot live for long duration in the same niche or habitat. This law is called

A

Allen's law

B

Mendel's law

C

Gause's competitive exclusion principle

D

Weismann's theory

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The principle of competitive exclusion was postulated by Soviet ecologist GF Gause. It states that if two species are competiting with one of the species will be able to use that resource more efficiently than the other and the former will, therefore, eventually eliminate the latter locally.
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