Two species compete for a shared set of limiting resources.Over time, one of them declines in population size and becomes locally extinct.All factors are at work in this community except
A) a shift in fundamental niches.
B) a shift in realized niches.
C) interspecific competition.
D) competitive exclusion.
E) resource limitation.

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A shift in fundamental niches would have to occur for one species to become locally extinct. In this scenario, no such shift is mentioned, so A is the correct answer.

Two Species Compete for a Shared Set of Limiting Resources