Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: The goblin fern, which requires

The trigger "˜thus’ helps us locate the conclusion here: L. rubellus is probably responsible for the fern’s disappearance. This is a causation conclusion: L is causing the fern to disappear. What is this conclusion based on? areas where fern recently vanished are teeming with L and have unusually thin leaf litter (and we’re told L eats leaf litter). It certainly seems reasonable to conclude that this is all L’s fault, but we know we must be very careful when making a causation conclusion.