Question

When does adaptive radiation occur?

Answer 1

Adaptive radiation:

1. Adaptive radiation occurs when a small group of ancestral species rapidly diversifies into a large number of descendant species or a process in which organisms diversify rapidly from an ancestral species into a multitude of new forms
2. The ecological opportunity of an area is the main reason for adaptive radiation.
3. The diversification occurs due to a particular trait that undergoes adaptation in order to survive in the changing environmental conditions.
4. Adaptative radiation is a form of speciation.
5. An example of adaptive radiation is the difference in Darwin's finches based on the diet that each type of bird had to adapt to.