Question

A small number of birds arrive on an island from a neighboring larger island. About twice a year, one or two more birds from the neighboring island arrive. These new arrivals: Group of answer choices tend to speed up adaptation to new food plants speed up the process of speciation accelerate differentiation between the two populations tend to slow divergence of the two populations

Answer 1

Answer:

Hello. None of the answer options is correct, as the new arrivals delay adaptation to new food plants.

Explanation:

The arrival of new birds increases competition for food. This makes the birds that have just arrived have some difficulty in accessing food, as they will have to compete with the birds that are already on the island. This makes the novice birds look for food plants they already know, which delays their adaptation to feeding new plants they do not know.