The author would be most likely to agree with which one of the following statements about the consequences of the biodiversity crisis? A. The loss of species diversity will have as immediate an impact on the material of nations as on their biological wealth. B. The crisis will likely end the hegemony of the human race and bring about the ascendancy of another species. C. The effects of the loss of species diversity will be dire, but we cannot yet tell how dire. D. It is more fruitful to discuss the consequences of the crisis in terms of the potential loss to humanity than in strictly biological loss to humanity than in strictly biological terms. E. The consequences of the crisis can be minimized, but the pace of extinctions can not be reversed.