Resource partitioning results in: a move from the realized niche to the fundamental niche for both species. individuals of each species hybridizing in the region of overlap. a move from the fundamental niche to the realized niche for both species. individuals of each species sharing the resources that they both exploit.

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Amelia Wheeler

17 October, 22:11

Resource partitioning results in: a move from the realized niche to the fundamental niche for both species. individuals of each species hybridizing in the region of overlap. a move from the fundamental niche to the realized niche for both species. individuals of each species sharing the resources that they both exploit.

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Savanna Bean · Answer 1

a move from the fundamental niche to the realized niche for both species.

Explanation:

The niche of an organism is the functional role of the organism in the community or the ecosystem as a whole. This include the environment an organism lives and all the jobs it does in it.

Fundamental niche refers to all the possible functional roles of an organism in an ecosystem while realized niche refers to the specific roles the organism is limited to as a result of resource limitation, competition or other factors.

Resource partitioning involves the division of limited resources among organisms so as to avoid competition within the niche.

Hence, resource partitioning causes a move from the fundamental niche of an organism to the realized niche of that organism.