title: Competitive exclusion.
abstract: The Principle of Competitive Exclusion, first articulated by Gause in 1934, states that two species or populations cannot inhabit the same niche: one will consistently out-compete the other. Of four possible outcomes, the logistic equations that describe such interaction present only one possibility for coexistence, that being when the density-dependent mechanisms of one population become activated before intergroup competition eliminates the other. In applying Gause's Principle as an explanatory model to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, this research explores the present bantustanization of the West Bank as a logical outcome of interspecific competition, but sees the competition coefficients of the equations as the key factors in promoting a stable equilibrium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Political Science, Mount St. Mary's University, 212 Knott Academic Center, Emmitsburg, MD 21727, USA. urban@msmary.edu
authors.forename: J Kristen
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Urban
mesh_terms: D018912:Arabs; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D007585:Jews; D008877:Middle East; D011157:Population Dynamics