Use the following information to answer the question(s) below.

Two populations of birds with somewhat different coloration live on opposite sides of a peninsula. The habitat between the populations is not suitable for these birds. When birds from the two populations are brought together, they produce young whose appearance is intermediate between the two parents. These offspring will breed with each other or with birds from either parent population, and all offspring of these pairings appear intermediate to various degrees.

1) What keeps the two populations separate?

A) temporal reproductive isolation

B) lack of hybrid viability

C) behavioral reproductive isolation

D) habitat isolation

C

Explanation:

Behavioural reproductive Isolation. This is the type of behaviour isolation that do not allow some members of a population to mate with the others. It might be due to how they find and choose mates. Some species have very unique rituals and behavior that has to take place before reproduction can occur so most of the time it is a form of pretty-zygotic barrier that happens before reproduction can happen.

emerald ash borer

the emerald ash borer is a green buprestid or jewel beetle native to north-eastern asia that feeds on ash species. females lay eggs in bark crevices on ash trees, and larvae feed underneath the bark of ash trees to emerge as adults in one to two years. hope this !