Q65
General ScienceEnvironment & Ecology
Competitive Exclusion Principle was denoted by
- a.Darwin
- b.Gause
- c.Lamarck
- d.Odum
Answer: (B) Gause
G. F. Gause (1934) showed with Paramecium cultures that two species competing for the same limiting resource cannot coexist indefinitely, which is the competitive exclusion (Gause's) principle. Darwin and Lamarck proposed theories of evolution, and Odum is known for ecosystem ecology.