During a recent hurricane, 25 individuals of the same butterfly species were blown onto a barrier island in southern Florida. When the butterflies first arrived on the island, they remained in the southeast corner of the island where most of the flowering plants had not been destroyed or uprooted by the high winds and seas during the hurricane. What type of distribution do these butterflies exhibit?
A) clumped
B) random
C) dispersed
D) uniform
E) even

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The butterflies exhibit a clumped distribution because they are concentrated in a specific area (the southeast corner of the island) where resources (flowering plants) are available, indicating they are not evenly or randomly spread out across the island.

During a Recent Hurricane, 25 Individuals of the Same Butterfly