Two species of weevil are placed in a closed bottle of flour. At the end of a month, only one species is found in the bottle. This demonstrates

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The competitive exclusion principle states that two species competing for the same resources cannot coexist at constant population values if other ecological factors remain constant. In this scenario, one species outcompeted the other for resources in the flour, leading to the exclusion of the less competitive species.

Two Species of Weevil Are Placed in a Closed Bottle