Topic: Population interactions: mutualism, competition, predation, parasitism· Ecology and Environment

The principle of competitive exclusion was stated by

1. G. F. Gause

2. MacArthur

3. Verhulst and Pearl

4. C. Darwin

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Answer: 1. G. F. Gause

The competitive exclusion principle was stated by G. F. Gause. It says two closely related species competing for the same limited resources cannot coexist indefinitely, and the inferior competitor is eliminated. He worked with Paramecium species.

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