BIOLOGY:THE ESSENTIALS (LL) W/CONNECT
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Chapter 19, Problem 6WIO
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To determine:
The ways in which three Galapagos finch species manage to share common habitat without causing each other’s extinction.
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Habitat is the place where species can fulfill their needs. In case if two more species share a common habitat, the competition would develop between the species. As a result of competition stronger species would survive by killing the weaker one.
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