SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
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Question
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Two species in the same habitat evolve to be more different than if they are in different habitats.
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One species chases the other out of the habitat they previously shared.
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A characteristic is lost when an organism migrates into a new area.
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A characteristic lost by one species is adopted by another.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Character displacement occurs when competition for either resources or successful reproduction imposes divergent selection on interacting species, causing divergence in traits associated with resource use or reproduction.
Detailed explanation-2: -In this article, “character displacement” refers to the evolutionary accentuation of phenotypic differences between species stemming from selection to lessen resource competition or reproductive interactions between them (later, we broaden this definition to include selection acting within species).
Detailed explanation-3: -If two or more competing species evolve in response to one another, character displacement can be considered a type of coevolution. For example, in the Galapagos Islands, a group of coexisting finches have distinctly different body and beak sizes as well as beak shapes.