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Ecology

the idea that there is a maximum overlap in resource use beyond which two competing species cannot stably coexist.

In ecology, limiting similarity refers to the idea that there is a maximum overlap in resource use beyond which two competing species cannot stably coexist. This meaning comes from Macarthur (1967) in The American Naturalist.[1]

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References

Macarthur, R., & Levins, R. (1967). The Limiting Similarity, Convergence, and Divergence of Coexisting Species. The American Naturalist, 101(921), 377-385. https://doi.org/10.1086/282505

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