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(A) : Two or more species with closely similar niche requirements cannot exist indefinitely in the same area as sooner or later they come into competi

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no two species can occupy the same niche indefinitely for the same limiting resources

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(A) : Two or more species with closely similar niche requirements cannot exist indefinitely in the same area as sooner or later they come into competition for possession of it.This is called Gause's competitive exclusion principle,which states that an ecological niche cannot be simultaneously and completely occupied by established populations of more than one species.Two species can live in the same habitat but not in the same niche.The more similar the two niches are,the more severe the competition is.

List-$I$	List-$II$
$A$. Cuscuta plant growing on hedge plant	$I$. Mutualism
$B$. One to one relationship between fig tree and female wasp	$II$. Predation
$C$. $A$ sparrow eating any seed	$III$. Parasitism
$D$. Extinction of Abingdon tortoise due to introduction of goats on Galapagos Islands	$IV$. Competition

Gause's principle of competitive exclusion states that

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