Q. Given below are two statements: Statement I: Gause's competitive exclusive principle states that two closely related species competing for different resources cannot exist indefinitely. Statement II: According to Gause's principle, during competition, the inferior will be eliminated. This may be true if resources are limiting. In the light of the above statements, choose the most approriate answer from the options given below:
A) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
B) Statement I is false but statement II is true.
C) Both statement I and Statement II are true.
D) Both statement I and Statement II are false.
Explanation
[Solution by Claude - not from source] Gause's principle concerns species competing for the same (not different) resources, so I is false; II is true. Answer (2).
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