Which of the following is a possible outcome of competition involving two species?
A) Some individuals of both species experience reduced growth and reproductive rates.
B) One species excludes the other from a habitat it would occupy in the absence of competition.
C) One species restricts the geographic range of the other species.
D) The species evolve to divide up the limiting resource and continue to coexist in the same locality.
E) All of the above

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All of the listed outcomes are possible in a competition between two species. Depending on the intensity and nature of the competition, individuals of both species may experience reduced growth and reproduction (A), or one species may eventually exclude the other from its preferred habitat or ecological niche (B). Competition can also lead to a restriction of the geographic range of one or both species (C), or to the evolution of adaptations or strategies that allow them to coexist by dividing up the limiting resources in the same habitat (D).

Which of the Following Is a Possible Outcome of Competition