When rapid speciation produces a cluster of closely related species that occupy different habitats or consume different

foods, the process is referred to as ____.



a. punctuated equilibrium
b. disjunct dispersal
c. disjunct vicariance
d. adaptive radiation
e. continuous vicariance


ANSWER: d

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