Applications of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) have fared best in contexts in which habitat condition is closely linked to species condition and the cause of habitat degradation is easily identified. The achievements of the ESA in those contexts, however, have (i)____________ that other uses of the act can (ii)____________ that record even where such favorable conditions do not (iii)____________. A. quelled the conviction B. mitigate C. vary D. presaged the uncertainty E. duplicate F. pertain G. fostered the misconception H. elucidate I. diminish