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Explain how a decrease in competition between species leads to the sudden appearance of many new species?

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animals wouldn’t be killing each other which would lead to see hang more animals
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In a long enough time the selection pressures caused by competition can cause evolutionary changes in resource preferences or growth strategies of organisms [19]. ... When two species compete for the same limiting resource the reduction of the niche overlap may lead to evolutionary changes in both species.

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