Many Flowering Plant Species Are Pollinated by a Single Species

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Multiple Choice

Many flowering plant species are pollinated by a single species. The evolution of specialist pollinators is the result of:

• A)low pollinator diversity in the community.
• B)colonization of the community at the same time by both the pollinator and the flowering plant.
• C)coevolution between the flowering plant and pollinator.
• D)local extinction of other pollinators.

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