Competitive Exclusion Principle

Question 1

what is the competitive exclusion principle?

Answer 1

• a key ecological principle that states that no two species can occupy exactly the same niche in an ecosystem.

Question 2

what is carrying capacity?

Answer 2

• the greatest density of organisms that an area or resource can potentially support.

Question 3

what is sessile?

Answer 3

• fixed or non-moving as in the species that remains fixed in one place for its lifespan

Question 4

what are keystone species?

Answer 4

• a plant or an animal that plays a crucial role in the way an ecosystem functions