Answer to Question #64884 in Ecology for Sanjukta Ghosh

Question

Does resource partitioning contradicts Gauses's law?

Answer 1

Gauses’s law says that 2 species that use the same resource in a similar manner can't coexist.
Along with that, resource partitioning is an apparent Gauss' law contradiction: use resources differently to avoid competition - competition is rare because organisms inhabit different niches.