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Elisabeth Pötzelsberger and colleagues gathered data on 23 non-native tree species grown in Europe. They analyzed reports from Austria, Poland, and Lithuania about the number of these species grown in those countries as well as the numbers of insect and fungus species that damage those trees. The researchers concluded that in only one of these countries are there more insect species than fungus species that pose risks to these trees.
Which choice best describes data from the table that support Pötzelsberger and colleagues' conclusion?
Austria reported 51 damaging fungus species, which is a greater number of them than either Poland or Lithuania reported.
A
Poland reported 25 damaging fungus species and 105 damaging insect species, while both Austria and Lithuania reported a greater number of damaging fungus species than insect species.
B
Austria reported 51 damaging fungus species, whereas Lithuania reported 7 damaging insect species.
C
Austria and Lithuania both reported fewer damaging insect species than damaging fungus species, whereas Poland reported 105 fungus species and only 25 insect species.
D