Eastern and Western meadowlarks look almost identical and sometimes inhabit the same areas of prairies. These birds recognize members of their own species by distinctive songs and thus do not breed with each other. This is an example of

A) temporal isolation.
B) ecological isolation.
C) behavioral isolation.
D) mechanical isolation.
E) geographic isolation.


C

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