Digital SAT Reading and Writing Practice Question #492

Text 1 The reintroduction of gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995 is widely celebrated as a textbook example of a trophic cascade. By preying on elk, wolves reduced the elk population and altered their foraging behavior. This top-down control allowed overgrazed riparian vegetation, such as willows and aspens, to rapidly recover, which in turn stabilized riverbanks and provided habitats for beavers and songbirds. Thus, the apex predator single-handedly revitalized the park's entire ecosystem. Text 2 While the "trophic cascade" narrative of Yellowstone is compelling, it is dangerously oversimplified. Long-term ecological studies indicate that the recovery of riparian vegetation in the park actually coincided with a period of significantly increased rainfall. Furthermore, concurrent human management practices, including the aggressive culling of elk by park rangers, heavily influenced the reduction in herbivore pressure. Attributing the ecosystem's stabilization solely to the gray wolf ignores the complex interplay of climatic and anthropogenic factors. Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to the specific conclusion drawn at the end of Text 1?