Through natural selection, different species of birds called honeycreepers have shared resources by evolving specialized beaks to take advantage of certain types of food such as insects, seeds, fruits, and nectar from certain flowers. This is called ____.

A. the competitive exclusion principle
B. resource partitioning
C. population distribution
D. interspecific competition
E. mimicry


Answer: B

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