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The small white heron and the small dark 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 the birds' habitats, such as the geographic location of the area and how deep the water is during the birds' breeding season. They found that small white herons prefer areas with deep water during breeding season, but that was not true for small dark herons. The researchers concluded that water management strategies that increase the depth of water in potential wetland bird habitats during breeding season are therefore more likely to ______
Which choice most logically completes the text?
decrease the area's appeal to both small white herons and small dark herons than they are to increase the appeal to either.
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
attract small white herons to the area than they are to attract small dark herons to the area.
C
attract birds that don't typically live in wetlands to the area than they are to attract small white herons or small dark herons to the area.
D