Question

In the sierra nevada mountains of california there are many populations of the checkerspot butterfly, euphydryas editha. you notice that females of one population (population

a.lay their eggs near the tip of a plant's stem. females of another population in the same area (population


b.lay their eggs at the base of the stem on a different type of plant. the young hatch out as caterpillars; they live on the host plant and eat its leaves.

Answer 1

Answer: partitioning of the butterfly due to available resources leading to a reduction in population in a particular location.

Step-by-step explanation:

What happen here is a reduction in population due to a reduced sharing of resources.

Two species of an Organism can not successfully occupy a space due to competition for available resources.

Here, the one population of checker spot is near the stem tip while the other population of checker spot butterfly is at the base of the stem to avoid competition for available resources and space. Hence, they live separately in the different position on the stem.