recently published book, invasion biology. \its amazing how extensive the indoctrination has been: nonnative species are bad - weve got to get rid of them,\ says davis, chairman of the biology department at macalester college in st. paul, minnesota. \boy, if you want nature to stop, youre going to be miserable.\ davis and his like - minded colleagues contend that the rigid attitudes, and militaristic metaphors, that characterize the debate about exotic species make for poor science and policy - making. from greg breining, \courting controversy with a new view on exotic species.\ ©2008 - 2015 by yale university. passage 2 off the top of his head, dan simberloff, professor of ecology and evolution at the university of tennessee, can run through a list of devastating invasive species from brazilian pepper in florida to gray squirrels in the u.k. to zebra mussels clogging water pipes in the great lakes. he says that daviss argument that not all exotics are invasive is impractical. \a number of introduced species have been innocuous for decades and they can suddenly explode and become problematic,\ he says. he points to the example of ornamental figs in florida, which arrived in the early 1900s. confined to backyards until their pollinating wasp showed up 25 years ago, figs have now invaded everglades national park. other ecologists have taken a more nuanced view of the invasive question. he extent of their harm may have been overstated,\ says princetons david wilcove, who first tallied up the threat of invasive species and still stands by it. \maybe the issue is: are we being strategic in the way we combat invasive species? and i think thats a fair question to raise.\ adapted from brendan borrell, \alien invasion? an ecologist doubts the impact of invasive species.\ ©2009 by scientific american, a division of nature america, inc. question which choice best describes the relationship between passage 1 and passage 2? passage 1 introduces a new approach to a problem that is further supported in passage 2. passage 1 describes a long - standing debate that passage 2 seeks to resolve. passage 2 presents responses to assertions that passage 1 makes about an issue. passage 2 offers a plan of action to address a concern that passage 1 raises.

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recently published book, invasion biology. \its amazing how extensive the indoctrination has been: nonnative species are bad - weve got to get rid of them,\ says davis, chairman of the biology department at macalester college in st. paul, minnesota. \boy, if you want nature to stop, youre going to be miserable.\ davis and his like - minded colleagues contend that the rigid attitudes, and militaristic metaphors, that characterize the debate about exotic species make for poor science and policy - making. from greg breining, \courting controversy with a new view on exotic species.\ ©2008 - 2015 by yale university. passage 2 off the top of his head, dan simberloff, professor of ecology and evolution at the university of tennessee, can run through a list of devastating invasive species from brazilian pepper in florida to gray squirrels in the u.k. to zebra mussels clogging water pipes in the great lakes. he says that daviss argument that not all exotics are invasive is impractical. \a number of introduced species have been innocuous for decades and they can suddenly explode and become problematic,\ he says. he points to the example of ornamental figs in florida, which arrived in the early 1900s. confined to backyards until their pollinating wasp showed up 25 years ago, figs have now invaded everglades national park. other ecologists have taken a more nuanced view of the invasive question. 	he extent of their harm may have been overstated,\ says princetons david wilcove, who first tallied up the threat of invasive species and still stands by it. \maybe the issue is: are we being strategic in the way we combat invasive species? and i think thats a fair question to raise.\ adapted from brendan borrell, \alien invasion? an ecologist doubts the impact of invasive species.\ ©2009 by scientific american, a division of nature america, inc. question which choice best describes the relationship between passage 1 and passage 2? passage 1 introduces a new approach to a problem that is further supported in passage 2. passage 1 describes a long - standing debate that passage 2 seeks to resolve. passage 2 presents responses to assertions that passage 1 makes about an issue. passage 2 offers a plan of action to address a concern that passage 1 raises.

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# Brief Explanations:
Passage 1 presents Davis' view on non - native species. Passage 2 has Simberloff and others responding to such views. Simberloff disagrees with Davis' argument, and Wilcove has a more nuanced take. So, Passage 2 gives responses to the assertions in Passage 1.
# Answer:
C. Passage 2 presents responses to assertions that Passage 1 makes about an issue.

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