Which of the following is not an assumption of a neutral model of species coexistence?
A) Resources in a community are made available by disturbance.
B) There are competitive hierarchies among species.
C) Random chance is a mechanism maintaining species diversity.
D) Species use resources in similar ways.

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Species use resources in similar ways is not an assumption of a neutral model of species coexistence. Neutral models assume that all species are ecologically equivalent and that their coexistence is maintained by random chance.

Which of the Following Is Not an Assumption of a Neutral