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a) Was the type of competition between the barnacles described in Dr. J.H. Connell’s study the exploitative or the interference type? Explain your answer.
b) How did Connell show that the realized niche of the barnacle, semibalanus, was the same as its fundamental niche?

1- what is the competitive exclusion principle ?
2- Explain how tow similar species of birds could nest in the same tree and yet occupy different niches.
3- Distinguish between a fundamental niche and a realized niche .
4- State why , in the study of competition between two species of barnacles . Semibalanus balanoides was the superior competitor, yet chthamalus stellatus was not excluded from the community.
5- Distinguish between niche and habitat.
6- can an organism’s realized niche be larger than its fundamental niche ? justify your answer .
7- what are the different niches of Chthamalus stellatus and semibalnus balanoides ?
8- what happened in connell’s experiment with cthmalus stellatus and semibalanus balannoides ?