Can competitive exclusion occur in nature?

Can competitive exclusion occur in nature?
  1. No, evidence for such competitive exclusion occurring in nature is not conclusive
  2. Yes, in all cases
  3. Only in laboratory experiments
  4. Sometimes

Solution

Although it is relatively easy to demonstrate in laboratory experiments that the competitively superior species will eventually eliminate the other species when resources are limited, evidence for such competitive exclusion occurring in nature is not always conclusive.

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