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Gause's principle of competitive exclusion states that:

A

More abundant species will exclude the less abundant species through competition.

B

Competition for the same resources excludes species having different food preferences.

C

No two species can occupy the same niche inedefinitely for the same limiting resources.

D

Larger organisms exclude smaller ones through ones through competition.

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