Carnivorous animals - lions and leopards, occupy the same niche but lions predate mostly larger animals and leopards take smaller ones. This mechanis m of competition is referred to as -

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Carnivorous animals - lions and leopards, occupy the same niche but lions predate mostly larger animals and leopards take smaller ones. This mechanis m of competition is referred to as - (A) Character displacement (B) Altruism (C) Resource partitioning (D) Competitive exclusion

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Correct answer is (c) Resource partitioning

Q. Carnivorous animals - lions and leopards, occupy the same niche but lions predate mostly larger animals and leopards take smaller ones. This mechanis m of competition is referred to as -

Character displacement

Altruism

Resource partitioning

Competitive exclusion

Correct answer is (c) Resource partitioning