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On the competitive exclusion principle

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The Competitive Exclusion Principle, formulated by V. Volterra (Memorie del R. Comitato Talassografico Italiano,131, 1–142, 1927) for a number of species competing for a common ecological niche, is extended to a number of species competing for many ecological niches.

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  1. School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Kensington, N.S.W., Australia

    Aldo Rescigno

  2. Donner Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California

    Irvin W. Richardson

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Rescigno, A., Richardson, I.W. On the competitive exclusion principle. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 27 (Suppl 1), 85–89 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02477264

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