Explain how the different species of Caribbean anoles on an island demonstrate “resource partitioning”. How does this affect diversity? And how does diversity affect the genetics of the anoles. Use figures where appropriate.
The process of sharing of resources between the two species living in the same habitat is known as resource partitioning.
The two species of the anoles changed their feeding habits. One species fed from the few meters above the ground whereas the other fed on the branches.
Due to this distribution, their feeding habbit changed and led to the coevolution of two genetically different species of anoles
Explain how the different species of Caribbean anoles on an island demonstrate “resource partitioning”. How does...
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Question 10: Anolis lizards are a genus of closely-related lizards that have evolved into many different morphs on various Caribbean islands and surrounding mainlands. Harvard scientist Jonathan Losos has classified these morphs into 6 types that specialize on and appear to be adapted to different microhabitats organized along vertical space. For example, "twig" (specializing on twigs) lizards have short legs with a slender body, whereas "trunk-ground" lizards have long hind legs with stockier bodies. Interestingly, similar patterns of morph diversification...