The diversity within the wild bird species in the given figure can best explained by which process

Options

A. Natural selection
B. Adaptive radiation
C. Ecological succession
D. Both (a) and (b)

Answer

C

Explanation

Adaptive radiation is a process of evolution of different species in a given geographical area starting from a point and literally radiating to other areas of geography.
Ex :- Australia marsupials – a no. of marsupial each different from other evolved from an ancesteral stock but all from Australian continent.