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Using discrete competition models where the density dependent growth functions are either all exponential or all rational, notwithstanding the complex interactions of the species, we establish an exclusion principle. Moreover, in a 2-species discrete competition model where the growth functions are exponential and rational, an example is given illustrating coexistence when our conditions are satisfied. We obtain an exclusion principle for this 2-species model for some choice of parameters.
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Research partially supported by funds provided by a Science and Education Grant to the USDA-Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Population Genetics of Forest Trees Research Unit, Raleigh, North Carolina
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Franke, J.E., Yakubu, AA. Mutual exclusion versus coexistence for discrete competitive systems. J. Math. Biol. 30, 161–168 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00160333
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