Why does competitive exclusion often fail to eliminate species from a community?

💡 Explanation

Species coexist because of resource partitioning, a form of niche differentiation. Coexistence occurs because each species utilizes resources in slightly different ways, therefore preventing one species from completely outcompeting the other, rather than perfectly uniform resource distribution facilitating easy competition.

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