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Analyzing data on Hemitriccus diops and 378 other bird species from the Tyranni suborder, W. Alice Boyle and Courtney J. Conway found that group foragers are much less likely to seasonally migrate in search of food than solitary foragers are, suggesting that seasonal resource scarcity can be ______ the greater foraging efficiency that group foraging confers.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
predicated on
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conflated with
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overcome by
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compelled by
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