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Question : Define the following terms and give one example for each: Competitive release

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Solution :Competitive release: Aspecies whose distribution is restricted to a small GEOGRAPHICAL area because of the presence of a COMPETITIVELY superior species, is found to expand its distributional range DRAMATICALLY when the competing species is experimentally removed.
Eg :- Larger and competitively superior Balanus on the ROCKY sea coast of Scotland dominates and excludes the smaller barnacle Chathamalus from intertidal zone


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