Read the following statements and choose the correct option: 1. Totally unrelated species could not compete for the same resource 2. Competition is best described as a process in which the fitness of one species is significantly lower in the presence of another species 3. A species whose distribution is restricted to a small geographical area because of the presence of a competitively superior species, is found to ex

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Totally unrelated species could also compete for the same resource. Competition is best defined as a process in which the fitness of one species is significantly lower in the presence of another species. A species whose distribution is restricted to a small geographical area because of the presence of a competitively superior species, is found to expand its distributional range dramatically when the competing species is experimentally removed. Connell’s elegant field experiments showed that on the rocky sea coasts