Question 22

(Multiple Choice)

You are studying the feeding habits of a group of four closely related bird species.You observe that all four species feed on insects.However,
You notice that the species do not feed at the same time of day: one species feeds most actively at dawn,another during the middle of the day,another at dusk,and the last species feeds at night.What term would you use to describe this behavior?


A)competitive exclusion
B)mutualism
C)competition
D)resource partitioning
E)commensalism

Answer