- competitive exclusion
- the tendency for the better adapted species to exclude another related species from its particular ecological niche. See also character displacement, under displacement.
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competitive exclusion
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competitive exclusion — noun or competitive exclusion principle : a generalization in ecology: two species cannot coexist in the same ecological niche for very long without one becoming extinct or being driven out because of competition for limited resources … Useful english dictionary
Competitive exclusion principle — In ecology, the competitive exclusion principle,[1] sometimes referred to as Gause s law of competitive exclusion or just Gause s law,[2] is a proposition which states that two species competing for the same resources cannot coexist if other… … Wikipedia
competitive exclusion principle — noun see competitive exclusion … Useful english dictionary
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competitive exclusion principle — Two competing organisms overlap in resource use, which leads to the exclusion of one of the organisms … Dictionary of microbiology
competitive exclusion — two species cannot coexist when they have identical needs of a limited resource, one is excluded, the species that is the poorer competitor … Dictionary of ichthyology
competitive exclusion — The diversion of on line traffic away from competitors by companies holding exclusive partnership deals with popular websites on the Internet … Big dictionary of business and management
competitive exclusion, principle of — ▪ biology also called Gause s principle, or Grinnell s axiom (after G.F. Gause, a Soviet biologist, and J. Grinnell, an American naturalist, who first clearly established it), statement that in competition between species that seek the… … Universalium
Principio de exclusión competitiva — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda En ecología de las comunidades el principio de exclusión competitiva,[1] a veces también llamado ley de exclusión competitiva de Gause o simplemente ley de Gause,[2] es una proposición que declara que dos especies en … Wikipedia Español
Principe d'exclusion compétitive — Principe de Gause En écologie fondamentale, et plus particulièrement en biologie des populations, le principe de Gause (ou principe d exclusion réciproque, ou principe d exclusion compétitive, ou principe de Volterra Gause) est un principe de… … Wikipédia en Français
