Ehrlich and Raven proposed an "escape and radiate" hypothesis that predicts that:

A. plants that escape their herbivores will
radiate, increasing diversity.
B. plants that are not eaten will develop more
similar traits.
C. plants and insects co-evolve toward less
species diversity.
D. plants will only win the evolutionary "arms
race" if they escape to new habitats.
E. plants and insects are showing less
diversity through time as each adapts to the
other's defenses.


A

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