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Research such as the 2010 study of arthropods by Alvin Aaden Yim-Hoi Chan and colleagues has shown that noise from human activity, like traffic on a busy highway, has various significant effects on animals, and many governments require studies of the potential noise effects on wildlife before approving highway construction projects. For one of these projects, a group of researchers suggested that, although there are both arthropods and birds in the area, taking actions to reduce the effects of noise on the arthropods will probably protect both types of animals because noise tends to affect arthropods more strongly than birds. Another group of researchers indicated that, although the effects are usually greater on arthropods, addressing _____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
the species of birds in the area experience different negative effects from noise than the species of arthropods in the area do.
A
the actions to reduce effects on the arthropods are significantly more robust than is needed to lessen the effects on the birds in the area.
B
the effects of noise on birds have been more thoroughly studied than the effects on arthropods have.
C
the types of actions that are usually taken to lessen the effects of noise on birds can sometimes harm arthropods.
D