TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 12259


Which of the following is an example of exploitation competition? 

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
  1. Fungi limit the growth of bacteria in their vicinity by releasing antibiotics
  2. Hummingbirds chase other hummingbirds away from flowering plants
  3. The population of one plant species reduces an essential nutrient element below the minimum level required to support the population of a second plant species, which is eliminated
  4. Shrubs of the genus salvia release toxic chemicals that inhibit the growth of other vegetation