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Match List-I with List-II. List-I List-II (A) Adaptive radiation (I) Elimination of an inferior competitor in an identical niche (B) Competitive exclusion (II) Diversification of a species into many vacant ecological niches (C) Resource partitioning (III) Unrelated species evolving similar traits in similar habitats (D) Convergent evolution (IV) Coexistence by changing foraging patterns or times Choose the correct an

Options

  1. A(A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)
  2. B(A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
  3. C(A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)
  4. D(A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)

Correct answer

A. (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)

Step-by-step solution

Adaptive radiation is the evolutionary process where a single ancestral species diversifies into multiple new forms to occupy vacant ecological niches. Competitive exclusion, according to Gause's principle, occurs when two closely related species compete for the exact same resources, leading to the elimination of the competitively inferior species. Resource partitioning allows competing species to coexist by altering their resource use, such as choosing different foraging patterns or times. Convergent evolution hap

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