Which of the following factors would also affect tree growth, and thus complicate the experiment described above?

A. the presence of other tree parasites
B. the distribution of nutrients in each tree's
local environment
C. the amount of leaves, and thus
photosynthetic production, of each of the
trees
D. the ambient light conditions, and thus
photosynthetic production, for each of the
trees
E. All of responses above would also affect
the growth of the trees, and thus complicate
the experiment described above.


E

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