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How this competitive exclusion principle helps species diversity in the ecosystem?

How this competitive exclusion principle helps species diversity in the ecosystem?

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"The competitive-exclusion principle is a hypothesis which proposes that, in an ecosystem, competition for resources results in decreased diversity: only species best equipped to consume the available resources thrive, while their less successful competitors die off."

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