Question

The Russian biologist G. F. Gause conducted a series of laboratory experiments on the Lotka–Volterra competition model. Gause found that Paramecium aurelia outcompetes Paramecium caudatum when they are grown together in a mixed culture. This is the classic example of __________.

Answer 1

Paramecium aurelia out-competes Paramecium caudatum when grown in the mixed culture - is the classic example example of competitive exclusion because in this when two species are competing for the same limiting resource then the species which have advantage (in terms of fitness) will dominate other.