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The small white heron and the little blue heron are long legged birds that live in wetlands, like the Everglades in Florida. Laura D'Acunto and colleagues wanted to know how these birds choose an area in which to live. They looked at features of these birds' habitats, such as how quickly water drains from the area and the amount of tree-canopy cover there is in the area. They found that small white herons prefer areas with extensive canopy cover, but this was not true for little blue herons. The researchers therefore concluded that wetland-management strategies that increase the amount of tree canopy in potential wetland bird habitats are less likely to ______
Which choice most logically completes the text?
attract little blue herons to the area than they are to attract small white herons to the area.
A
extend the average lifespan of small white herons already in the area than they are to attract a greater number of those birds to the area.
B
decrease the area's appeal to both small white herons and little blue herons than they are to increase the appeal to other species.
C
attract birds that don't typically live in wetlands to the area than they are to attract small white herons or little blue herons to the area.
D