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What is resource partitioning? Give example.

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If two species complete for the same resources they could avoid competition by choosing different times for feeding or different patterns foraging. This is called resource partitioning. This a mechainsm developed for co-exisence rather than exclusion.
e.g. Mac Arthur showed that five closely related species of warblers living on the same tree were able to avoid competition and promote co-existence due to behavioural differece in their foraging activities.
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