Explain Gause's 'Competitive Exclusion Principle' with the help of a suitable example.

− Gause’s competitive exclusion principle states that two closely related species competing for the same limited resources cannot co-exist indefinitely, and competitively inferior one will be eliminated eventually / If resources are limited the stronger competitor will dominate, driving the weaker one to extinction. − Example: In some shallow American lakes visiting flamingoes and resident fishes compete for their common food i.e. zooplankton in the lake / The Abingdon tortoise in Galapagos islands became extinct within a decade after the goats were introduced into the island probably due to the greater browsing efficiency of the goat or the feeding efficiency of one species (tortoise) is reduced by the interfering presence of the other species (goat) / any other correct example.