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Carnivorous animals - lions and leopards, occupy the same niche but lions predate mostly larger animals and leopards take smaller ones. This mechanism of competition is referred to as–

1. Competitive exclusion
2. Character displacement
3. Altruism
4. Resource partitioning

Correct answer: Resource partitioning

Solution

This is resource partitioning because lions and leopards share a broad niche but divide the available prey by size, reducing competition. Competitive exclusion would mean one species eliminates the other, while character displacement refers to trait differences evolving due to competition.

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