When two species compete for the exact same limiting resource in the exact same niche, coexistence is not a stable outcome — it's mathematically precluded. The superior competitor wins, and over time the loser must adapt, migrate, or vanish. This is Gause's competitive exclusion principle: identical strategies in a finite-resource arena collapse to one winner.
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