Suppose you are wanting to study a tropical rainforest community. You choose to use a guild subset to study this community. Which of the following would be appropriate as this subset?
A) All bird species in the rainforest
B) All nitrogen fixing plants in the rainforest
C) All granivores in the rainforest
D) All canopy trees in the rainforest

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A guild is a group of species that exploit the same class of environmental resources in a similar way. Granivores, which are species that feed on seeds, represent a guild because they share a similar ecological role and resource use.

Suppose You Are Wanting to Study a Tropical Rainforest Community