AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Temporal isolation happens when two or more species reproduce at different times. For example, three species of orchid live in the same rain forest. Each species has flowers that last only one day and must be pollinated on that day to produce seeds.

Detailed explanation-2: -temporal isolation, in biology, a type of reproductive isolation mechanism among sexual organisms in which the differences in the timing of critical reproductive events prevent members of closely related species, which could otherwise breed with one another, from mating and producing hybrid offspring.

Detailed explanation-3: -One of the most famous examples of temporal isolation is the difference in mating season that exists between Fowler’s toad and the American toad, two species of toad found within the same geographical range – from Canada to the Eastern US.

Detailed explanation-4: -Being temporally isolated makes it less likely for two populations to reproduce. This leads to speciation since the two populations are not sharing any genes.