Based on the graph in Figure 2, identify the environmental conditions (flower density AND proportion of deep flowers) where a short- tongued bee has the greatest relative advantage over a long tongued bee. Based on the graph in Figure 2, identify the range of proportion of deep flowers at which a long tongued- bee always has an advantage over a short tongued bee.

Floral density with the graph shows the low flower density and low deep flower proportion. Floral density often influences the species composition of flower visitors.

This variation in visitor species composition has significant effects on pollination success and plant fitness, poorly understood, especially in the many pollination guilds dominated by non-territorial species.

It explores how flower visitors with diverse traits should distribute themselves across resource patches differing in floral density.

The model predicts that species with low flower search speeds and low flower handling costs compared to competitors will usually dominate dense flower patches.

In addition, amongst flower visitors that have lower energy expenditure rates while handling flowers than while traveling, species maximizing energetic efficiency are associated with dense flower patches.

Therefore, the correct answer is low flower density and low deep flower proportion.

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The correct answer would be - low flower density and low deep flower proportion

Explanation:

To find the environmental conditions for a short-tongued bee has the greatest relative advantage over long-tongued bees it is required to find the highest value of relative advantage short-tongued bees has on long-tongued bees which is the point where flower density and deep flower proportion is lowest (near the zero) according to the graph. That is represented in the graph by the peak in the white shaded portion.

To find the range of deep flower proportion at which a long-tongued bee has an advantage take a closer look to the grey shaded area where if the deep flower proportion move from 0.6 to 1 the advantage of long-tongued bees over short-tongued.