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Connell’s elegant field experiments on rocky sea coasts of Scotland is the evidence of


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Habitat diversification

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Prudent predators

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Competitive release

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Competitive exclusion

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Solution

The correct option is D

Competitive exclusion


Competitive exclusion i.e. removal of inferior by a superior. Here Connell's Elegant field experiment showed that on rocky sea coasts of Scotland, the larger and superior barnacle Balanus dominates the intertidal area, and excludes the smaller barnacle Chathalamus from that zone.


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