If You Were to Study All of the Insect-Eating Birds

question 70

Multiple Choice

If you were to study all of the insect-eating birds in a forest, you would see that many birds eat insects, yet you may not see any evidence of competition. What is the most probable explanation?

• A) The birds have coevolved.
• B) The birds are exhibiting resource partitioning.
• C) The birds are exhibiting intraspecific competition only.
• D) There is no keystone species in this community.
• E) There is not enough species richness to see evidence of competition.

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