请教个语法问题

michael_wind

The cottontail rabbit population in Orange County, California, has increased unchecked in recent years as a result of the removal of the native fox population and the clearing of surrounding woodlands. A. years as a result of the removal of B. years, resulting from the removing of 我觉得A B都对啊，而且觉得B更妥当一点，removing和clearing刚好可以对应啊。但是答案是A耶~~为什么啊

gabriel_djh

B最重要的错误是不合逻辑……

banglixing

there are a bunch of words like these, with specific noun forms that, simply because they exist, are considered better than the corresponding gerund (-ing) forms. notable among this class of nouns are the '-al' forms, like removal, betrayal, etc.

xiruihuang

"the clearing" is a gerund, which acts as a noun.