AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -An adaptive radiation occurs when a single or small group of ancestral species rapidly diversifies into a large number of descendant species.

Detailed explanation-2: –A-adaptive radiation. the relatively rapid expansion and diversification of an evolving group of organisms as they adapt to new ecological niches. Adaptive radiation is the process by which one species evolves into two or more species.

Detailed explanation-3: -In fact, many classic examples of adaptive radiations involve islands or lakes; notable examples include Darwin’s finches of the Galapagos, honeycreeper birds and silversword plants of Hawaii, and cichlid fish of lakes Malawi and Victoria in Africa.

Detailed explanation-4: -Adaptive radiation is the rapid diversification of a single lineage into many species that inhabit a variety of environments or use a variety of resources and differ in traits required to exploit these.