Question

In the Colorado mountains, three species of bumble bees live in the same habitat. Each species has a different proboscis length: short, medium, or long. Each visits nectar-producing plants that match its proboscis length. This situation suggests that natural selection in the three bumble bee species has resulted in

Answer 1

resource partitioning

Step-by-step explanation:

Resource partitioning can be defined as the division of limited resources that enables species to avoid competition when they live in the same habitat. Moreover, interspecific competition is defined as the competition for limited resources among individuals of different species. In a given environment, species can be competing for essentially the same limiting resources. In the case of the bumblebees, the competence is reflected by differences based on the length of the proboscis (competence for the food), thereby resource partitioning enables species to coexist with one another.