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The utilization of deceptive antipredator displays is well documented in the spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius) and other species of the avian order Charadriiformes. An extensive literature review conducted by Léna de Framond et al. revealed that this trait has evolved across a surprisingly large phylogenetic distribution of 13 Aves orders, including Galliformes and Apodiformes. Subsequent investigation of potential selection mechanisms prompted the researchers to conclude that independent of avian order, the prevalence of the trait is mediated by environmental variations associated with the absolute latitude of brooding sites.
Which finding, if true, would most strongly support the researchers' conclusion?
The use of deceptive antipredator displays is widespread among Charadriiformes species independent of the absolute latitude of their breeding sites, but its prevalence in other avian orders is limited to species with brooding sites located in absolute latitudes of
A
Deceptive antipredator displays are documented in Charadriiformes species across the entire range of absolute latitudes of brooding sites within that order, but in species from other orders, deceptive antipredator displays are documented only when brooding sites are at absolute latitudes higher than what is typical for those species.
B
Across the orders in the study, deceptive antipredator displays are observed in approximately 34% of species with brooding ranges of absolute latitude and approximately 60% of species with brooding ranges of absolute latitude.
C
Across the orders in the study, approximately 54% of the bird species brood in ranges from to absolute latitude, but most of the birds that are known to use deceptive antipredator displays brood between 0° and 30° absolute fitude.
D