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In their study of caterpillars in fragmented forests (formerly contiguous forests that have been broken into isolated patches by roads or other interruptions), James Mickley et al. stress that although fragmentation inevitably ________ alterations to local ecological processes, the changes will likely have a greater impact on Catocala ilia, a specialist feeding on a limited number of plant species, than on a species like Achatia distincta that feeds on several.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
engenders
A
attenuates
B
preempts
C
subsumes
D