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What is competitive exclusion? Give example.

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It is a principle proposed by Gause. It state that two closely related species competing for the same resources cannot co exist indefinitely and the competitively inferior one will be eliminated eventually.
The Abingdon tortoise became extinct on Galapagos island within a decade by the introduction of goats. Goats were better browsers than the tortoise.
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