Question

The extinction of Abingdon tortoise in Galapagos Islands due to greater browsing officiency of goats is an evidence in support of
(A) Over exploitation by predators
(B) Co existence by resource partitioning
(C) Competitive exclusion principle
(D) Co evolution of interacting species​

Answer 1

Answer:

competitive exclusion principle

Explanation:

The goats who had greater browsing efficiency where competitively more superior. As a result the Abingdon tortoise which were competitively inferior to the goats were excluded. Competitively superior species and inferior species cannot co-exist. So competitively inferior ones are eliminated. This is Gauss Competitive exclusion principle.