Question : Assertion : Elimination of a competitively inferior species in a closely related or otherwise similar group is known as competitive exclusion principle. Reason : If two species compete for the same resource, they could aviod competition by choosing different times for feeding or different foraging patterns.

Question : Assertion : Elimination of a competitively inferior species

1.	Question : Assertion : Elimination of a competitively inferior species in a closely related or otherwise similar group is known as competitive exclusion principle. Reason : If two species compete for the same resource, they could aviod competition by choosing different times for feeding or different foraging patterns.
Answer» Solution :Gause's' COMPETITIVE Exclusion Principle' states that two CLOSELY related species competing for the same resources cannot co-exist indefinitely and the competitively inferior one is eliminated eventually. This may be true if resources are LIMITING, but not otherwise. Mechanism of 'Resource partitioning'states that if two species compete for the same resource, they could avoid competition by choosing, for INSTANCE, different times for feeding or different foraging patterens.