The competitive exclusion of principle states that two species cannot occupy the same niche indefinitely. What is a fundamental assumption of this principle?

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Communities and Ecosystems

Ecology contains two words: Eikos means dwelling, and logy means to study, so the combined meaning is studying habitat or living.