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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A) north of the subpolar lows B) south of the subtropical highs C) between the doldrums and the horse latitudes D) between the subpolar lows and the subtropical highs
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A) The French B) The Russians C) The British D) The Spanish