The golden toad of Central America is thought to be extinct in the wild.The mountaintop cloud forests in which it lived no longer exist, because of drought and other changes associated with climate change.In this case, it appears that changing environmental conditions affected the habitat of the golden toad by

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The best choice is E, as the statement clearly states that the mountaintop cloud forests no longer exist, which implies the destruction of the entire community. Option A is incorrect because the extinction of a species cannot be considered a minor effect. Option B is incorrect because the statement implies that the changes were significant enough to eliminate the habitat of the toad. Option C is incorrect because the statement does not mention any improvements in the community. Option D is incorrect because it ignores the fact that the drought was one of many changes associated with climate change that led to the extinction of the toad.

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