Example 1 · difficulty 3/5
When two closely related species of Paramecium were cultured together in the same medium with a fixed daily food supply, one species consistently grew, thrived and survived while the other was eliminated. This classic outcome illustrates:
- A. Gause's competitive exclusion principle
- B. Resource partitioning enabling coexistence
- C. Character displacement leading to niche divergence
- D. Facilitation between the two species