Context: Having small population size is a characteristic almost universally inherent to apex predators, humans and dogs by far the most blatant exceptions. Low numbers wouldn't be a problem for apex predators if there was an abundance of prey and no competition or niche overlap, a scenario that is rarely, if ever, encountered in the wild. The competitive exclusion principle states that if two species' ecological niches overlap, there is a very high likelihood of competition as both species are in direct competition for the same resources. This factor alone could lead to the extirpation of one or both species, but is compounded by the added factor of prey abundance.

Question: What two apex predators do not have a small population size?
Answer: humans and dogs

Question: Do apex predators generally have a large or small population?
Answer: small

Question: Which principle states that if two species ecologicl niches/ overlap, both species are likely to be in competition with one another?
Answer: competitive exclusion principle

Question: What other factor is relevant to the competitive exclusion principle?
Answer: prey abundance

Question: What are two situations apex predators always live with in the wild?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What kind of population do prey populations usually have?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: When two species have a small population, what is likely to happen between them?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What principle states that when two prey species have small populations they will compete with each other?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What is one thing that humans and dogs have that applies to other apex predators?
Answer: Unanswerable