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Research such as the 2015 study of mammals by Jessie Patrice Bunkley and Jesse Rex Barber has shown that noise from human activity, like traffic on a busy highway, has significant effects on animals, and many governments require studies of the potential noise effects on wildlife before approving highway construction projects. A report on one such study proposed many more actions to mitigate the effects on birds in the area than it did to mitigate the effects on mammals in the area. Despite the lack of focus on measures specifically for mammals, conservationists were satisfied that the proposed mitigations were sufficient to protect all the wildlife in the area because
Which choice most logically completes the text?
the effects of noise on birds have been less extensively documented than the effects on mammals have.
A
the severity of the effects of noise on different species of birds can differ significantly.
B
the measures intended to protect birds can sometimes have adverse effects on mammals.
C
the measures aimed at protecting birds will likely also minimize most of the effects on mammals.
D