Question

If an invasive species is introduced into a new area and has the same habitat and food requirements as another species, you could predict that ____.

a. the native species would always outcompete the native species because it knows the habitat and resources better than the invasive species.

b. the species would either specialize differently (resource partitioning) or one would decline or disappear (the competitive exclusion principle).

c. the invasive species would always outcompete the native species because invasive species are so skilled at adaptation.

d. both species would thrive simultaneously due to mutualism.

e. both organisms would go extinct due to the severe competition (the competitive exclusion principle).

Answer 1

answer- option b-the species would either specialize differently (resource partitioning) or one would decline or disappear (the competitive exclusion principle)

The competitive exclusion principle says that two species can not occupy the same ecological niche. When a species invades a new island, it encounters, in almost every case, an environment that is different to some degree.. mutualism or synergisitic effect can not occur as they both are not beneficial o each other . as the nutrients and resources are limited, there would be competition for the resources and nutirents between invasice and native species and as invasive can easily adapt they usually outgrow